Example sentences of "[verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 2 | He is cautious about all the hype that has surrounded Alpha from the time of announcement and warns that too much is being promised by a chip that was designed in the first instance to provide a Unix migration path for VAX users . |
| 3 | This morning it was starts from the state boat ; many a race has been won in the first hundred yards or so , and Oxford , as always , are coached and prepared for everything . |
| 4 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
| 5 | Hinde House was one of ten comprehensive schools approached in the first year with a view to the launching of a school/industry partnership . |
| 6 | Having reviewed the authorities which dealt with the construction of restraint of trade clauses , the court applied the following rules : ( a ) The question of construction should be approached in the first instance without regard to the question of legality or illegality. ( b ) The clause should be construed with reference to the object sought to be obtained . |
| 7 | It was an appalling mistake for the city to be attacked in the first place . |
| 8 | ‘ I was always proud to play for my country and I 'm baffled why I should have been omitted in the first place , for the linesman incident was trivial . |
| 9 | the subject areas omitted in the first place ; |
| 10 | This liability would fall in the first instance on the resident owner , then the resident tenant and so on . |
| 11 | Many techniques for stress reduction can be appropriated by the same injunctions to succeed that got you stressed in the first place , and should be discontinued if you spot that they have been subverted in this way ( unless your goal has also changed along the way from stress reduction to record-breaking ) . |
| 12 | Egypt : Well Disuq-1 drilled in the first half of 1992 tested only sub-commercial quantities of gas . |
| 13 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 14 | To prevent the reactions from occurring in the first place , filtered blood has to be used from the very first transfusion and 99% of white cells have to be removed . |
| 15 | Between April 1988 and March 1989 average rents in housing association properties rose by 24 per cent with most of the increases occurring in the first four months of 1989 . |
| 16 | Of course , public recognition of the need to introduce a smog alert system may increase awareness that air pollution problems are very serious and that stricter long-term pollution control policies are needed to prevent smogs occurring in the first instance . |
| 17 | Make his life as easy as possible when he first starts school to avoid the problem occurring in the first place . |
| 18 | The deception , trick or ruse that forms the one essential element in the interaction of the fabliau characters is most frequently an impromptu action , very commonly occurring in the first instance as an example of a native cunning attributed to women , an ingenuity in lying and deceit that women have . |
| 19 | The trick is to prevent violence occurring in the first place . |
| 20 | All appear in the first eight lines : |
| 21 | The more shaping involved in a pattern or garment section , the more written words appear in the first one . |
| 22 | Michael Slater of The Microprocessor Report believes the P5 will be slower than the R4000a when both appear in the first calendar quarter . |
| 23 | It does not immediately cure all known cancers — something that no one with a modicum of medical knowledge would have expected in the first place given the different causes and the versatility of cancer — nor is it without undesirable side effects . |
| 24 | With a native version of Novell Inc NetWare due on Sparc next year ( UX No 423 ) , Banyan Systems Inc 's rival Vines network operating system is now being ported to the Sun RISC and is expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 25 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , in the restless whirl of Disney expansion that is itself something akin to a rollercoaster ride , the six Euro Disney hotels , 4500 cast members , golf course and 30 separate attractions are all on schedule for the opening in April and 11 million visitors are expected in the first year alone . |
| 27 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 28 | The man who inspired many of the staff to come in the first place was Seymour Papert . |
| 29 | Even Tan 's timing of the mysterious opening arpeggio gives warming of the drama to come in the first movement . |
| 30 | So I think if you 've got the creativity to write in the first place , you just need to change , not so much the instrument , but maybe change the tuning or the pitch . |