Example sentences of "[adv] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is where we came in first time round , Leonora . |
| 2 | He had the worst of all Test baptisms , in 1975 ; went further into his shell when heavily criticised for touring South Africa in 1982 ( a £25,000 libel settlement from the sun a compensation ) ; and found country captaincy too much first time round . |
| 3 | Just first time you get a chance , you go over and get them to X-ray it , and they 'll see if there 's any damage at the back there . |
| 4 | It was the weekend I bought the Granada , I 'm sure it was when we went away first time I ever took it out for a run . |
| 5 | Eight minutes later Keen played Slater through and his square pass was rammed home first time by Bishop . |
| 6 | Gordon Durie stole down the right and seeing the defences lack of organisation , he blasted in a low pass which McCoist drove home first time . |
| 7 | When his telling cross arrived in the danger area , Stainrod stole in on the blind side of the Perth defence to power the ball home first time from 12 yards . |
| 8 | It had been a test , then , she remembered , of a day 's success if the outboard started up first time . |
| 9 | Speaking too fast , so you have to say , I 'm sorry can you repeat that , which makes you feel like an idiot because you did n't pick it up first time , that 's awful , yes I know , I know that one ! |
| 10 | The bells have far more impact , and tempos are more extreme — to the benefit of the first two fast movements , but to the detriment I think of the following two slow ones ( which reminded me why I had not responded more positively first time round ) . |
| 11 | These two key questions are not answered definitively first time round . |
| 12 | It was also first time she had been back to Earth since being drafted into Spacefleet , escaping , and running for the stars in a clapped-out old trading ship owned by a clapped-out old trader . |
| 13 | There was little spring in the ancient planks and Miss Barnsdale towered beside the box horse , ready to yank at the arms of any child who did n't manage to leap over the rough leather back first time . |
| 14 | So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ? |
| 15 | If you do it properly first time around you 'll know it all the time . |
| 16 | According to Mr Zelmer , most of the difference in costs between Xerox and its competitors ‘ was fundamentally related to not doing things right first time ’ , the costs of having to rework assembly line errors and rectify faults in finished goods . |
| 17 | Right first time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Right first time , Bessie . |
| 19 | It was becoming the rule not the exception that launches did not go right first time , but BBC2 settled down quite quickly as a recognized minority channel . |
| 20 | ‘ I bet I was right first time , ’ she said to Betty . |
| 21 | Right first time |
| 22 | The video , Right First Time , will not be appearing in the shops , but is designed to highlight the importance of a team approach to Inroads ' work . |
| 23 | Right First Time |
| 24 | The EDUCATION GROUP comprising members from all staff groups has advocated and have co-ordinated the production , by a professional media organisation , PS Communications , of a training video called ‘ Right First Time ’ . |
| 25 | So do it right first time . |
| 26 | It seems it 's one of those things that came right first time and improvement is either impossible or unnecessary . |
| 27 | It was primarily management 's responsibility to help workers to do their jobs in a high-quality way ( " doing it right first time " ) , by identifying the sources of error and planning the production process to prevent their occurence. 7 Constant striving for improvement : TQM is a never-ending struggle to an unattainable goal . |
| 28 | There is a direct correlation between morale , motivation , job satisfaction and absenteeism and staff turnover , if people are happy they generally want to stay for us they 're much more loyal and work harder and when we 're managing an area it becomes a lot easier because we are not having to , people are well trained they do the things right first time , you 're not having to correct their mistakes . |
| 29 | Lead times have been dramatically reduced , with goods moving much more quickly through the factory , and quality efforts ensure that 96 per cent of products are now going out ‘ right first time ’ . |
| 30 | Once established , procedures must be followed and the job done right first time to the satisfaction of everyone in the quality chain . |