Example sentences of "first [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am only insisting first that this need not be the only justification for the power ( the normative power ) to commit oneself , and second , that one encourages reliance through knowingly undertaking an obligation . |
| 2 | If you suspect fungus in your fish , check first that this is n't an excessive coating of mucus due to some water quality factor or a protozoal/fluke infestation . |
| 3 | It seems strange at first that this should have been so . |
| 4 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 5 | Scarlet thought first that this sentiment could be attributable to Barbs , then that , in view of her own lack of a career , it was insensitive of Brian to mention it and then that he had said it out of spite . |
| 6 | It is i i I I we have a wide range of changes that would flow out from that so you could n't just take a change to Cornwall which would then create an oversized Devon seat , I quite accept that and we 've argued from the first that this would have to be part of the review as a whole . |
| 7 | When you act for buyers who intend that a leasehold interest shall merge in the freehold ( leaseholders buying the freehold reversion on their lease , or freeholders buying the lease to which their title is subject ) it 's convenient to express the intention to merge in the transfer or other instrument vesting the second estate in the owner of the first if this is intended , but beware of such an application in the case of a flat — if , for example , your client owns a leasehold flat and buys the freehold of the whole building in which it is situate . |
| 8 | In order to disaggregate clusters of inside cells of ICMs it is necessary to decompact the aggregates first and this can be done by a 20-min incubation in warm Ca2+-depleted M2 + BSA or M2 + BSA containing 0.5 μg/ml CCD . |
| 9 | a mate of mine actually worked out in Russia and he said you know , piece of discussions about when , where the Russian 's sort of appear first and this sort of he said he said erm , this , he said that , that kids running around on the streets of Moscow is actually given a working permit and so he could actual work there and sort of like er |
| 10 | Many pupils may object that they find this kind of culture to be alien and puzzling at first since this is a non-exam course there is opportunity for pupils to mark time without any serious results but to achieve personal development gradually or late on in the course at an individual pace . |
| 11 | The English text will still be quoted first as this will hopefully make it easier for the reader to follow the back-translation from Japanese . |