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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a first instance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the initial occurrence or example of something, often in legal or formal contexts.
Example: "In a first instance, the court ruled in favor of the defendant."
Alternatives: "an initial instance" or "a primary instance".
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In a first instance these materials were tested in the OECD Testing Programme.
Acadian historians speak of the British response as a first instance of "ethnic cleansing".
The Australian federal police issued a first instance arrest warrant for Prakash in August 2015.
In a first instance, a multivariate approach was used to screen and optimize the UniSpray source settings to maximize detection sensitivity.
Approaches that are adopted in a first instance are based on local (i.e. with no interaction between electrons) dispersive models, e.g. Drude or Drude Lorentz models.
In a first instance, subjects were instructed to ignore the auditory stimulation and engage in an easy and difficult visual discrimination task (focused condition).
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In a second instance, a corrected value is applied to the classic schemes used in the force analysis technique, which suppresses completely the singularities of the filter.
But the phrasing left open the possibility of a second instance, like the use of ground forces.
In a second instance, a closed-loop controller addresses model uncertainty of the feed-forward controller as well as unknown disturbances.
A third instance was the removal of the Duerer etchings in Lvov by a special deputy before my administration was established there.
In a third instance, traces of a lye-type cleaning agent were found in Perrier water poured at a Midtown Benihana restaurant.
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