Example sentences of "[noun sg] occur in [art] first " in BNC.

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1 The trick is to prevent violence occurring in the first place .
2 As he had argued in Totem and Taboo , murder occurred in the first human groups , and the prohibition on killing came from the father .
3 Why did the crisis occur in the first place ?
4 The overall increase in referral rates may seem disappointing to those who hoped that fundholding would provide a mechanism for reducing the demand for specialist care , but it was probably unrealistic to expect a shift to occur in the first year of the scheme .
5 This cash outflow occurred in the first half of the year .
6 is judged to be acceptable , because it can be ‘ completed ’ by squirted with the hose , and that exact phrase occurs in the first part of the sentence .
7 Our inability to standardise the timing of the initial packed cell volume is unfortunate as large changes in plasma volume occur in the first few hours of life .
8 Most cases ( 63% ) of chronic diarrhoea occurred in the first two years of life .
9 Clinical deterioration occurred in the first three months of treatment in seven cases .
10 Make his life as easy as possible when he first starts school to avoid the problem occurring in the first place .
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