Example sentences of "them [prep] 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 . |