At the first paragraph vs On the first paragraph

Both 'at the first paragraph' and 'on the first paragraph' are commonly used phrases in English, but they are used in different contexts. 'At the first paragraph' is used when referring to a specific point within the paragraph, while 'on the first paragraph' is used when referring to the location of the paragraph within a text.

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At the first paragraph

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a specific point within the first paragraph of a text.

Use 'at the first paragraph' when you want to refer to a specific detail or point within the first paragraph of a text.

Examples:

The mistake is at the first paragraph of the report.
The key information is at the first paragraph of the article.

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At point 102, now point 106, the following sentence shall be added at the end of the first paragraph:
However, instead of keeping records of sales and deliveries, they may keep files of invoices and delivery notes marked as indicated at the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.
The official holidays referred to in the first paragraph hereof shall be those observed at the place where the Court of Justice has its seat.
The percentage laid down in the first paragraph may be adapted up until 31 October 2007 at the latest.
1. Without prejudice to the first paragraph of Article 15, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2002 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
At the Commission's request, the Member States shall transmit the method they use to calculate the average price referred to in the first paragraph of Article 2.
However, at the request of either of the contracting parties, an arbitral analysis may be carried out by the laboratory referred to in the first paragraph of Article 35.
Without prejudice to the first paragraph of Article 15, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2002 at the latest.
In applying point (b) of the first paragraph, Member States shall consider the average annual production level over at least three consecutive wine years.
If a notification in accordance with paragraph 1 has not been made by 31 March 2007 at the latest, the national exemptions referred to in point (aa) of the first paragraph of Article 67 of Directive 2001/82/EC shall cease to apply.
'Producer groups applying for recognition as producer organisations under Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 may at the same time submit the operational programmes referred to in the first paragraph for approval.
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/80 shall be amended as follows: 1. In the first paragraph the phrase "at the request of the party concerned", is deleted.
Provided that the provisions of the first paragraph have been complied with, this Agreement shall enter into force at the same time as the Agreement amending the ACP-EC Agreement.
At the latest three years after the date mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 44, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation and, where appropriate, shall propose the necessary amendments.
The Community and each Member State shall, by 31 December 2006 at the latest, each submit a report to the UNFCCC Secretariat determining their assigned amounts as equal to their respective emission levels determined pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 3 of Decision 2002/358/EC.
Provided that the provisions of the first paragraph have been complied with, this Agreement shall enter into force at the same time as the ACP-EC Agreement(1).
If the budget has not been definitively adopted at the beginning of the financial year, the procedure set out in the first paragraph of Article 315 TFEU (the provisional twelfths regime) shall apply.
The list and any change to it shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities at least three months before a Member State may invoke the first paragraph in respect of the conduct concerned.
The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities a list of the countries which meet at least one of the conditions set out in the first paragraph.
In the absence of any precise details on the case at issue, the Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the answer in the first paragraph above.

Alternatives:

in the first paragraph
within the first paragraph
near the first paragraph
towards the first paragraph
around the first paragraph

On the first paragraph

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to the location of the first paragraph within a text.

Use 'on the first paragraph' when you want to refer to the position or location of the first paragraph within a text.

Examples:

The introduction is on the first paragraph of the page.
The image is on the first paragraph of the document.

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10.2 With regard to the good repaired or replaced on the grounds of the first paragraph, the original commencement date of the guarantee period will remain applicable.
In each case, the power conferred on the Commission in the first paragraph shall not go so far as to allow it to introduce additional products not included in the lists in Annexes I and II of this Regulation.
I have was shocked to learn that after commenting on the first two paragraphs in the first page of information directly following the table of contents, it took me 19 pages.
In the Annex, on page 18, the first paragraph should read as follows:
The only guarantee we have is if you, ladies and gentlemen, agree to vote on the fifth paragraph first and approve it.
On the basis of the first paragraph, the objectives of the European Year shall be:
The first paragraph indirectly sheds light on the real problem with a heavily regulated common monetary policy.
The first paragraph shall also apply to compensating products or goods in the unaltered state put on the Community market pursuant to Article 580 (3).
There are six errors in the first paragraph.
Before going to sleep, the first paragraph of the Shema is recited.
We have mentioned in the first paragraph that Funshion can connect to the internet behind your back.
Open to page one and read the first paragraph.
It would be more efficient to put this context in the first paragraph.
The first paragraph is deleted in order to ensure greater stability for fishing activity.
The changes to the first paragraph are of a technical nature.
The first paragraph of point 108 shall be deleted.
V. The first paragraph of part D in sub-chapter 3.
Use only the first paragraph of B.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.2.
The temporary equivalence referred to in the first paragraph shall end on 31 December 2020.

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in the first paragraph
within the first paragraph
at the first paragraph
near the first paragraph
towards the first paragraph

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At the first paragraph vs On the first paragraph