Example sentences of "first [noun sg] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first case this could lead to a competitive bidding-up of medical salaries by the new trusts leading to an escalation of costs . |
| 2 | In the first instance this includes a literature review . |
| 3 | In the first instance this is achieved by projecting the image of a cynical Nizan attempting , though usually not succeeding , to manipulate the institutional party apparatus to his own personal ends . |
| 4 | Thames Polytechnic is envisaging a course which will qualify teachers for the secondary phase ; in the first instance this course will be open to teachers from the Inner London Education Authority only . |
| 5 | In the first instance this would threaten the eurodollar and US T-bond contracts . |
| 6 | Despite the stigma and stress associated with a court case that threatened him with jail , he has so far managed to score 17 goals for Brentford in the First Division this season . |
| 7 | We 'll have it as the first course this evening . ’ |
| 8 | When we are children we first experience this use of power by our parents . |
| 9 | Our team is Daphne from Spalding , Fred from Lancaster and Walter from East Kilbride and our first card this week is er , goes back into our own experiences because it 's from Gill of West Yorkshire . |
| 10 | Trying to raise efficiency and morale without first setting this structure to rights is like trying to lay bricks without mortar . |
| 11 | At first glance this may seem a tedious and unnecessary task , for any nurse aspiring to teach others ought to be sufficiently proficient at nursing not to require this kind of reminder . |
| 12 | At first glance this does not make sense . |
| 13 | At first glance this might seem to be a more straightforward operation than gathering membership statistics — after all , attenders are visible on church premises and therefore easily counted . |
| 14 | At first glance this broad agreement on curriculum content does not seem to be reflected in our schools . |
| 15 | At first glance this constellation gives the impression of being a vast , faint open cluster . |
| 16 | Indeed , at first glance this does not look a very compelling book : it holds to a strong version of the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis ; it contains extended discussions of those perennial seminar heroes Lok and Benjy from Golding 's The Inheritors and Faulkner 's The Sound and the Fury respectively ; and there is a dutiful chapter on gender . |
| 17 | ‘ Let's hope we get back before first light this time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 19 | To the first pleasure this was a cataclysm . |
| 20 | Hoar frost yesterday and the first snow this morning . |
| 21 | We built our first pond this summer . |
| 22 | Shrewdly placed that year , ‘ Charlie ’ became the first horse this century to win nine handicaps in a season . |
| 23 | Colin Montgomerie , who is fast catching up Barry Lane at the top of the Ryder Cup qualifying table , has left the tour for a month , to await the birth of his first child this coming weekend , then to prepare for the US Masters in Easter week . |
| 24 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 25 | Erm we we aim to get as much development in our area as possible and coming back to your first question this afternoon , I I do n't really se any problem with the North Yorkshire proposals , that 's the middle range . |
| 26 | She had her first meeting this morning with a textiles importer called Colin Weatherhead , who had promised to show her a range of fabrics he was positive she was going to love . |
| 27 | MALCOLM ALLEN , who has not been able to get into the Norwich first team this season , showed that Wales ' absentee forwards , Ian Rush and Mark Hughes , had better beware of him . |
| 28 | Sean Gregan , Lee Ellison and Anthony Isaacs all products of the youth policy , have all done well in the first team this season . |
| 29 | Jeff McGill clocked 1–06–25 and Les Brill , in his first event this year , 1–14–28 . |
| 30 | Well another inspired team selection from Wilko has left us 13 points behind the scum , picking Hodge in what must be just about his first outing this year over Rocky resulted in a rather insiped performance from the midfield . |