Example sentences of "in the first [noun] 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 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 .
3 In the first instance this includes a literature review .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 In the first instance this would threaten the eurodollar and US T-bond contracts .
7 However verbally reticent he was , though , there was nothing wrong with McEnroe 's play as he overwhelmed poor Kulti , who knocked the 33-year-old superstar out of the French Open in the first round this year .
8 Lendl , who won his third successive Open title in 1987 , retired against Australian qualifier Neil Borwick while trailing 4-6 6-4 3-1 and became the record fifth men 's seed to lose in the first round this year .
9 Sean Gregan , Lee Ellison and Anthony Isaacs all products of the youth policy , have all done well in the first team this season .
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