Example sentences of "first line [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first line of compensation is the deposit protection scheme , which needs a liquidation order to come into effect . |
| 2 | The first line of attack is often name-calling : ‘ You would say that , would n't you , because you 're a Catholic/a man/fertile/infertile/a doctor/a research scientist ’ . |
| 3 | On the other side of the coin you might find a child who is experiencing such difficulties in his learning that the first line of attack must be in , in terms of perhaps producing just an improvement of his base level of learning , so that the next step can be taken . |
| 4 | The first line of defence of established literary study against culturalist pressures is to emphasize ‘ literature as literature ’ rather than as a version of philosophy , history , sociology , and so forth . |
| 5 | Its first line of defence will be to tap $40 billion of reserves . |
| 6 | Tiles must pass 100 freeze/thaw cycles , which is twice the French requirement , for example — and a first line of defence ( provided you specified BS tiles ) when defending a property owner 's claim . |
| 7 | Powell , taking a quick penalty , fed skipper Gander on the burst and he broke the first line of defence to surge clear . |
| 8 | The first — bad language — demonstrates the value of ignoring as a first line of defence . |
| 9 | The first line of defence is regular brushing and combing . |
| 10 | If this chemical were released into the air surrounding the leaves , it would act as a first line of defence , repelling aphids with an eye on predation . |
| 11 | At the moment , the first line of defence is usually a smoke detector on the ceiling in every corridor . |
| 12 | Patricia Whitaker-Dowling , David Wilcox , Christopher Widnell and Julius Youngner at Pittsburgh University have shown that interferon can prevent viruses from getting inside animal cells , and they believe that this might be the first line of defence set up by the interferon system in response to viral attack ( Proceedings of the U.S . |
| 13 | Nearly all the foregoing are in some measure examples of transgressions against the laws of the country , and subject to punishment , but are rife mainly because the forces of law and order are stretched beyond capacity , and do not get the help they should from that all-important first line of defence against evil , the constraints of the individual conscience . |
| 14 | Fluoride is a powerful enzyme poison , inhibiting a number of vital enzymes in the body and causing considerable stress to our immune systems — the first line of defence against infections and other harmful environmental agents . |
| 15 | Garlic extract has also been shown to be a valuable first line of defence against oral thrush . |
| 16 | Remove the lens cap only when shooting , and fit a plain glass or polaroid filter over the lens to provide a first line of defence for its delicate surface . |
| 17 | Adam & Co managing director James Laurenson disputes that KPMG 's recommendations were not properly implemented and says that the letter to shareholders was simply ‘ their first line of defence in case of litigation ’ . |
| 18 | There is ample evidence that those ties remain strong even as the character of networks changes in other ways and thus these basic family links continue to be the first line of defence , the more so because other forms of association may weaken . |
| 19 | First line of defence |
| 20 | The original water filled moat , forms the first line of defence , followed by a ring of outer walls and a series of evenly spaced towers . |
| 21 | First , Athens is surrounded by a barrier of mountains , her first line of defence : working clockwise from Eleusis in the west , Mts Aigaleos , Parnes , Pentelikon and Hymettos run round the city , imagined at the centre of the dial ( the best place to get an impression of this is from near the Philopappos Monument on the Hill of the Muses ) . |
| 22 | Like many before and since he was concerned about the ability of England to resist an invader , should the navy fail as first line of defence . |
| 23 | In July 1870 the war began , and suddenly the Channel became a first line of defence rather than an obstacle to trade . |
| 24 | The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents . |
| 25 | There , an impregnable first line of defence against any invader with visual taste , stood hundreds of miles of small houses that could have been assembled by retarded monkeys dipping randomly into a box of building styles . |
| 26 | Safe working practices and procedures are the first line of defence against exposure to hepatitis B infection , but vaccination is essential to protect workers who are at risk . |
| 27 | Macrophages are crucial cells in the immune and inflammatory events ongoing in the intestinal musoca ; being scattered just beneath the epithelium , they represent the first line of defence . |
| 28 | The first line of defence for the trade union movement is you . |
| 29 | The word " reasonably " should definitely be included in the first line of clause 2.4.2 . |
| 30 | There could be no thought of undermining the class which served as the first line of resistance to smouldering peasant insubordination . |