Usage of "in the first place"

Portuguese

Before now.

Spanish

Of primary import.

Synonyms

Examples for "earlier"

Energy Future began work on a new bankruptcy plan earlier this year. 
 Reuters 

The change in investment strategy was agreed earlier this year, officials said. 
 Reuters 

State media outlet China National Radio reported the deal earlier this week. 
 Reuters 

Old, who walked the course earlier yesterday, said: The course is good. 
 The Irish Times 

However, the measure ran 4 per cent higher than a year earlier. 
 The Irish Times 

The companies originally said they expected to close the deal this year. 
 Reuters 

History: A field stone building, originally a home, built in the 1890s. 
 The ghost chronicles 

Thus the social idea and the national idea were originally intimately connected. 
 The War and Democracy 

She originally applied to study Law despite really wanting to study History. 
 BBC 

Hughes originally played for his home state before moving to South Australia. 
 The Guardian 

Teachers might find it was extra work in the beginning, she said. 
 Radio NZ 

Todd Tucker: There definitely were challenges blending the family in the beginning. 
 Ebony 

That's why I brought up this whole citizenship question in the beginning. 
 A Case of Conscience 

Everyone puts their best foot forward in the beginning of any courtship. 
 Ebony 

Now the Pope had died in the beginning of the year 1513. 
 Erasmus and the Age of Reformation 

In a good relationship, that value exists to begin with, Berger said. 
 Reuters 

The months ahead are likely to begin with an incredibly balanced approach. 
 The South African 

Any answer has to begin with the nature of Labour's current trouble. 
 The Guardian 

It's hard to understand why they brought this case to begin with. 
 The Guardian 

The months ahead are likely to begin with a wonderfully unexpected surprise. 
 The South African 

Usage of in the first place in English

But I thought to ask him the question in the first place. 
 Burglars can't be choosers 

The hardest part, however, can be identifying abuse in the first place. 
 The Guardian 

Another strategy is to avoid the fees in the first place-ifpossible. 
 Reuters 

The question recurred: Why had he called Ullman in the first place? 
 The Shining 

And it set me asking questions about time in the first place. 
 Analog sff, december 2009 

Has middle England even faced a cost-of-living crisis in the first place? 
 The Guardian 

Going home is the whole point of leaving in the first place. 
 The Guardian 

Which begs the question: why was Karake detained in the first place? 
 The Guardian 

So we're looking into why they need help in the first place. 
 Ebony 

The real question is what brought you here in the first place. 
 The Asylum 

They are also more vulnerable to becoming victims in the first place. 
 The Guardian 

Now for the hives; in the first place you need a pattern. 
 Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. / A Weekly Jou... 

The help to help themselves in the first place must be there. 
 The Irish Times 

There is in the first place a circle 55 feet in diameter. 
 Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders 

Ah, yes, the reason I came to visit in the first place. 
 Heartless 

It was what had driven him to sea in the first place. 
 Success to the Brave 

Translations for in the first place

Portuguese

Spanish

Meanings of in the first place in English