Example sentences of "be used [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agency will ensure that resources made available by reductions in defence spending — reductions already planned by the Conservative government — are used in the first instance for rebuilding and investing in our manufacturing base . |
| 2 | One way around this particular problem would be to adapt the approach recommended by the Canadian Sentencing Commission ( 1997 ) , in which guide-lines are used in the first instance simply to indicate offences for which the presumptive sentence would ( or would normally ) involve a community sanction , and those which would ( or would normally ) involve a custodial penalty . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
| 4 | Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway . |
| 5 | Variable speed allowed the most aggressive setting — 7 on the control dial — to be used for the first stages , and a gentler 3 or 4 cleaned up the veneer surface . |
| 6 | Bonaventure of the St John of God Hospitallers , welcomed everyone on arrival at the centre which was to be used for the first time . |
| 7 | The key question is not whether their use may be discontinued , once started ; rather , it is whether they should be used in the first place . |
| 8 | This would be used in the first place to pay that week 's invoice and the balance , if any , would reduce the outstanding invoice of £24,196 . |
| 9 | The 601 , to sample later this year is destined to be used in the first Power PC Macs and other low cost desktops . |
| 10 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
| 11 | Roman bronze coins of the early second century BC were still being used in the first century AD , and very little bronze coinage was made between about 150 and 20BC . |
| 12 | On this canal poundlocks were used for the first time in England , i.e. , an upper and a lower gate fitted with sluices and enclosing a chamber into which boats passed to be raised or lowered to the next level . |
| 13 | They were soon copied by the French , who developed formations of this kind on a large scale from the 1760s onwards , while light infantry were used for the first time in Europe by the Russians at the siege of Kolberg in 1761 . |
| 14 | There are two common notes in this phrase : A , the 6th in C and the 3rd in F , is used for the first change ( bars 1 and 2 ) ; whilst E , the 3rd in C and maj7th in F , is used for the second ( bars 2 and 3 ) … |
| 15 | Resources — the reason why discretion is used in the first place may be because of limited resources . |
| 16 | Furthermore , staining could not be observed when the solution of purified primary antibody absorbed with PT-gliadin was used as the first layer ( figure not shown ) . |
| 17 | It became the permanent home of the German race with the exception of 1959 when the race was staged at Avus , and 1970 when Hockenheim was used for the first time . |
| 18 | The emergency service was used for the first time on 17th . |
| 19 | The only conclusion I can draw is that the two-pack AC lacquer that was used on the first table was something that I will not use again on dark timber if I want to bring out the full colour of the wood . |