Example sentences of "i [verb] first of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm let me consider first of all the minor claim , and here I think it 's only fair to tell you that I 'm not a palaeotologist . |
| 2 | Well I mean first of all you 'll smell it . |
| 3 | I mean first of all I would need to believe in the company the product and that the quality is saleable . |
| 4 | The suggestion that er we should join this er , I mean first of all I think that 's if they would allow us to join it , and obviously we realise why they want to join this , rather to the Archbishop of Canterbury saying he would like to join er sit in his cabinet and , and , this , this that sort of level of discussion . |
| 5 | Well we got married in nineteen forty one and I lived first of all in Sussex where erm my mother was living because my husband went into the Air Force and he was erm away for five years , well we had a lot of bombing in the early part of the war in Sussex and my father eventually came here to Harlow thinking we were getting away from it and of course we came right into the V er what was it ? |
| 6 | President , Tom erm , to President and Congress , ladies and gentlemen er , I 'd first of all just like to say thank you , a big thank you for your support . |
| 7 | In our scope of registration I 'd first of all we show the accounts department as part of the company . |
| 8 | I thought first of all that I 'd wait for the newspaper reports of the killing and use those as an excuse . |
| 9 | May I add first of all my apologies on behalf of Lynda Chalker that she 's not able , due as we 've heard , to business in the Lords to be with you today . |
| 10 | I think first of all we have to satisfy ourselves do n't we that we 're erm fulfilling our cultural obligations cultural policy . |
| 11 | I think first of all , I think we 've go , what we 've got to get clear that smoking is an adult pursuit |
| 12 | I think I think first of all it has to be pointed out that what the Maastricht treaty , or I would p perhaps would n't always use the word Maastricht , but what the present policies are trying to achieve is not just erm if you like , some loss of sovereignty , but some gaining of sovereignty and in subsidiarity more power for the reason in fact . |
| 13 | Hello Kathy , I think first of all you should tell us what an area representative is . |
| 14 | I think first of all Chairman , the point about the Airport 's Policy Consortium that er it is relevant erm , er perhaps you realise the whole purpose of , the risk of debt of the Airport 's Policy Consortium is to actually push er development from Heathrow to Stansted and I would say that it will happen , that 's what they are trying to do . |
| 15 | So I think first of all we need to , need to introduce what the charity is and who , who they 're going to be benefitting . |
| 16 | I think first of all we want to know er as far as it 's possible , which of course is always er within the limitations of our abilities whether we think he 's a man that we can recommend to the church , that they should call him . |
| 17 | let's hear the stories read , I think first of all you can call |
| 18 | And I think first of all , make sure you 've got it right , make sure you are doing things for the right reasons , and you are concerned about the right issues , but then , shout about it from the rooftops . |
| 19 | I think first of all , I 'd like to be very brief , but just to say the purpose of this short report with the appendices has not got any special status with food control , just set the record straight as to what we are capable of doing currently and what we ca n't do . |
| 20 | I 've also heard Dr wishing to move a new five , Dr I think yours will be five B , and I call first of all on Mr . |
| 21 | I said first of all you 've got to get out . |
| 22 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 23 | Well can I say first of all that the meeting to which you refer will take place this coming Monday and I suspect that it will be the first of possibly two or three meetings which I suspect are going to follow rather quickly , one after the other . |
| 24 | Can I say first of all to the honourable lady that yes of course I welcome er the particular initiatives er and indeed I have visited it as I think she will know , er and I 'm very pleased to congratulate all those concerned in setting it up . |
| 25 | If you grew up in a society which is strange to me , I have first of all to acknowledge that its customary approvals and condemnations are as spontaneous in you as are your more personal reactions . |
| 26 | Now can I ask first of all , are you , as we have a paper in front of us , are you happy to continue the discussion of the basis of the sector by sector approach , and in particular the sectors which have been identified by Mr ? |
| 27 | I , I , well let me start first of all like most companies this has been erm er concentrated wonderfully in er reconsidering the plans and this means that quite seriously that erm er the cost can not be precisely in the accounts because there 's a redesign . |
| 28 | Madam Speaker there are a number of points in that supplementary question , let me deal first of all with on G C H Q we 've done exactly what the I L O requested us to do , we 've had er discussions with the civil service unions to see if a solution could be found . |
| 29 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 30 | Moderator and friends let me say first of all that I 'm glad to be able to make these speeches on behalf of the member churches of and I 'd like to also on , particularly on behalf of the England and Wales , though I did realise having said that that you have a minister of the University of Penryth is also a member of this Synod , and therefore , you 've got me three things ! |