Example sentences of "in the first instance [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first instance we shall consider total social production being constituted by the division into two main departments of production . |
| 2 | There is little doubt that to have become obese in the first instance we have simply eaten too much of the wrong sorts of foods . |
| 3 | In the first instance we can suggest that individuals will enter into organisations from a diverse range of social , economic and educational backgrounds which will give them different perspectives and different values . |
| 4 | In the first instance we go to work in order to eat and drink and provide ourselves with shelter . |
| 5 | I think I see one problem with , we 've put site investigation and flagged the price I think , whereas if we 'd said that we require site investigation work to be undertaken by the project manager , we 've really got to decide the level of site investigations , so that in the first instance we 've got ta approach the soil mechanics and determine from them what , what we need from them . |
| 6 | In the first instance he made money from his business . |
| 7 | In the first instance he was guilty of carelessness ; in the second he exposed Gough 's lack of match fitness and the defender 's mistake put Verheyen through on Goram though he was unable to score . |
| 8 | In the first instance it stemmed from an understandable utilization of familiar forms to furnish a reassuring and acceptable face for the new means of locomotion and thus allay the fears of travellers for whom speed was a new and potentially alarming phenomenon . |
| 9 | In the first instance it was exemplified in the title of the campaign introduced in the UK in 1977 called ‘ Save It ’ . |
| 10 | In the first instance it is headteachers and their deputies who will have the task of meeting this challenge , and making reformation work . |
| 11 | As early as 14 September 1939 , Jonas Barrington in the Daily Express described this voice that called from Germany , though in the first instance it probably belonged to Norman Baillie-Stewart : ‘ He speaks English of the haw-haw , dammit-get-out-of-my-way-variety , and his strong suit is gentlemanly indignation . ’ |
| 12 | In the first instance it is important to establish whether or not you actually need ‘ desktop publishing ’ as portrayed by the advertisers . |
| 13 | The remedy could be screening , but in the first instance it is reasonable to hope that it will average out . |
| 14 | I think that the hon. Gentleman knows that in the first instance it is for the mineral planning authority to decide whether to revoke the planning consent for extractions and whether such action is warranted . |
| 15 | In the first instance it sends out a happy message and in the second a threatening one — yet the sensation is the same . ’ |
| 16 | Of course you could try a tantalising headline but do remember that in the first instance you have to attract the attention and interest of the journalist or editor , who is not going to be tempted quite as easily as the reader might be . |
| 17 | The final paragraph , if this is the course of action you wish to take , in the first instance you should write to me requesting that your appeal be heard by the Central Executive Committee . |
| 18 | But in the first instance you 'll get these . |
| 19 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 20 | In the first instance she arranges the marriage of Elgiva to the sensitive and naive king . |