Example sentences of "[pers pn] in the first instance " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a North Region branch of the British Agency for Adoption and Fostering in your area , and I suggest you contact them in the first instance . |
| 2 | The sheer volume of the many assessments externally required by the Act and now under design by SEAC runs the danger of forcing the less confident teachers — indeed all of them in the first instance , as they ascend the steep learning curve — into ‘ rote teaching ’ , a much more dangerous activity than rote learning because it tends to shut down that sense of intellectual curiosity without which children are not really being taught . |
| 3 | He would instruct them in the first instance to threaten to seize the man 's belongings to the value of the money owed . |
| 4 | If you have any complaints , please address them in the first instance to the Warden/Manager who is authorised to deal with them . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you 'd better get on to them in the first instance . |
| 6 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 7 | Staff wishing to avail themselves of this flexitime arrangement should discuss it in the first instance with their line manager . |
| 8 | Well , er , it 's all according to whether they can afford it in the first instance , secondly , is it gon na be across the board ? |
| 9 | We had it organised so that when people contacted us in the first instance , we gave them a menu of mods that we would do , depending on what the customer wanted . |
| 10 | He is presented to us in the first instance , and decisively , but his failures , his weaknesses , his inadequacies . |