Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] first " 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 | When Goblin casualties are taken any odd Goblins are always removed first , leaving as many complete pairs as possible . |
| 3 | Correct positioning of water jets will ensure that the utensils are thoroughly cleaned first time round , thus removing the tiresome need to put pots through a second time . |
| 4 | She had n't been allowed to bring anything off the boat except her patchwork leather shoulder-bag which had been thoroughly searched first . |
| 5 | Manager Mickey Duff refused to discuss the likely opponent for that date , saying that Thursday 's fight would have to be safely overcome first by Wharton . |
| 6 | Given a choice , you would like to see compassionate farming , provided that humanity had been well served first . |
| 7 | When trading in or throwing away an old " fridge " try to make sure that it is not going to be just broken up without the CFC gas being properly collected first . |
| 8 | The handles were generally fixed first , also by plain rivets burred over on the shield 's front , at right angles to the grain of the wood ( Leeds and Shortt 1953 , p. 56 ; Jarvis et al . |
| 9 | Of the 102 symbols , 79 were correctly guessed first time and only 8 symbols required more than 5 guesses . |
| 10 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 11 | " Packaging the campaign " is a public relations function and that packaging is usually done first for the media — the powerful ally or potential enemy of your campaign . |
| 12 | The name of the element closer to the bottom or to the left-hand side of the Periodic Table is usually given first . |
| 13 | ‘ The most urgent work is always done first . |
| 14 | In the standard recovery , the full opposite rudder is always applied first , and if it does slow down the rotation , the nose of the glider will automatically drop , helping to unstall the wings . |
| 15 | After a long rebuild by Pino Valenti and a dedicated team of former Aeronavali technicians , Fiat G.59B I-SHOW is now nearing first flight in Venice . |
| 16 | Gwendolen is a Jamaican girl who is sexually abused first by an ‘ uncle ’ in Jamaica and then , when she joins her parents in London , by her father . |
| 17 | This is a good month for sowing seeds lawns , but make sure the ground is fully prepared first . |
| 18 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 19 | This size-grading occurs because the coarser material generated by an eruption is heavier and is therefore deposited first . |
| 20 | But , as with any archaeological object , such interpretations can be made only when we have a secure idea of when and where a coin was made , and the methods of dating coins and attributing them to mints is therefore discussed first in Chapter 2 , where it will also be seen that the same techniques for dating and attributing coins can sometimes be turned round , using coins to date other objects or to identify places . |
| 21 | The liver was usually eaten first and some of the tasty bits , like the spare ribs , sausages and chines — that 's pieces of the backbone — would be sent round to friends and neighbours . |
| 22 | He was always served first . |
| 23 | Schoolteachers were not expected to engage in research , and by the 1870s this was anyway much more difficult than it had been in 1800 : there was more to master first , and more equipment was needed . |
| 24 | The neck was probably broken first . |
| 25 | The high rate of induced viral latency was probably related first to the short initial interferon course that reduced viral replication significantly before the start of the second longterm course and second to prolongation of therapy in partial responders which induced additional HBeAg seroconversion . |
| 26 | She was probably raped first as she had a horrible wound in the abdomen , undoubtedly caused by a grenade , as if to make an examination impossible . |
| 27 | Anyway , Robin had rushed himself and I think Robin wanted to get out early and Colin was probably going first |
| 28 | The foreign intelligence operations were now to be conducted by a new and as yet unnamed state agency separate from the KGB ( although Primakov was also named first deputy chair of the KGB ) , and would concentrate on national security and on monitoring the international drugs trade and terrorism . |
| 29 | Garling 's design was also placed first on Angell and Pownall 's and Burn 's War Department lists , although the first place they awarded to another Second Empire scheme on the Foreign Office list , was only awarded the second prize by the judges . |
| 30 | By common consent he was then allowed first choice in the Exhibition , and had soon made his annual purchase of two drawings , and returned to his normal rosy self . |