Example sentences of "first [prep] [adj] we have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first of all we 've made great strides in terms of pollution and in terms of engineering we 've made it much safer , and new road engineering makes driving more efficient . |
| 2 | First of all we 've got the kicking strap three to one purchase , the down-haul has a three to one purchase , and the out-haul , that 's got a four to one purchase . |
| 3 | I mean a fixed term contract for a year for a new in , for an investigator , first of all we 've got to find someone who would do it , secondly if that person was n't frankly al already an investigator the investment in that person . |
| 4 | First of all we 've got N A M A managing the tri-national tornado product project and then we 've got N E F M A er handing the er Eurofighter , same notions as the division of Spain . |
| 5 | I would have thought first of all we 've got to update what we 've got as it |
| 6 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 7 | For example , on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's erm water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that lot up , it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through , and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us , ‘ Well , as councillors , well , do this for us , ’ and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air . |
| 8 | First of all we have to time ourselves according to the buses which are one an hour out of the village into town , which is just a five minute journey . |
| 9 | erm first of all we have had a post-War baby boom , a small one , and then a big one in the late fifties to the late seventies , peaking in nineteen sixty four , when in nineteen sixty four — I forget the figure — about nine hundred and sixty thousand babies were born in Great Britain . |
| 10 | Yes well I think to answer bo both of yo your concerns , first of all we have to accept that the Planning Committee has , actually has power to make its decisions not to come back to this Council so I 'm afraid it is a decision of the Planning Committee . |
| 11 | I think first of all we have to satisfy ourselves do n't we that we 're erm fulfilling our cultural obligations cultural policy . |
| 12 | I think that first of all we have to recognise that there are differences . |