Sentence examples for and in the first instance from inspiring English sources

The ways in which federal law may pre-empt state law are well established and in the first instance turn on congressional intent.

And in the first instance it was Hawks who hired Russell – he liked her looks and her humour – and Jack Buetel, their Billy, and the love interest.

Without any kind of definition, this will lead to magistrates – and in the first instance police officers and PCSOs – making decisions on what they personally deem unacceptable behaviour.

The next stage of the research is to have the microbes read the extra genetic material, and in the first instance, make new kinds of proteins that are not found in nature.

Careful planning around children's welfare was necessary, and in the first instance "a whole piece of work … in terms of winning hearts and minds", says Betts, whose "commitment courage, vision and enthusiasm" was described to judges as being critical to the project's success.

And in the first instance of a magazine for teenagers capturing a major award, Teen People from Time Inc. won for general excellence in the category of one million readers or more, in a field of competitors that included Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated.

Phenomenologists would suggest that these responses are all important but they assume something more primary i.e., the conditions that render such acts as the presentation of the self, ongoing communication and sharing meaningful and significant in the first instance.

Under the coalition government's austerity proposals, defence spending must be reined in by between 10% and 20% in the first instance, and by 33% within five years.

Home care nurses in this study are fully qualified, trained and experienced nurses and are responsible for recognising, reporting and managing (in the first instance) any serious AEs.

The war thrust the United States onto a world stage, strategic and military in the first instance but political, economic, and cultural in important ways soon thereafter.

These are matters for the Minnesota Supreme Court to address and resolve in the first instance on remand.