Example sentences of "first [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was first on with his presentation , and had been there since six-thirty to make sure there were no slip-ups with his slide presentation . |
| 2 | People fought to be first on , children were lifted through windows ; the scene was frighteningly chaotic . |
| 3 | So many thousands of differences have been hybridized and bred for that it has become well nigh impossible to find a variation that has not been tried before , but which is new , and can reap a rich reward for the nursery that is first on to the market with it . |
| 4 | It was one of the first on . ’ |
| 5 | Two tries , the first in under two minutes by Simon Holmes and the fourth by the hooker John Ashworth , were from alert attention to the ball at their own throw-in near their own line . |
| 6 | At this level of support the electoral system begins to work very handsomely in a party 's favour , and Labour came first in over three-quarters of the wards . |
| 7 | Children learn to change their own shapes as they go from one to another and also gain further experience of spatial order , as overtaking is impossible and ‘ first in , first out ’ becomes the rule . |
| 8 | It is suggested that applying losses to the preceding three years on a ‘ first in , first out ’ , rather than the existing ‘ last in , first out ’ , basis would decrease the possibility that companies are not able to carry back losses to periods in which profits were made . |
| 9 | The chances are that your customer is running out of funds and first in will be first served and maybe even the only one served . |
| 10 | Their rooms adjoined , and if she had a nightmare , he was first in to comfort her and laugh the fears away . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're always first in , last out at Glam , ’ says Sible , also known as Jon . |
| 12 | They were the first in . |
| 13 | Captive bred angelfish are voracious feeders that are almost constantly on the look-out for food , and are generally first in and last out when the food is being dished out . |
| 14 | Cost is calculated as follows : Raw materials — cost of purchase on first in , first out basis Work in progress — cost of raw materials and labour together with and finished goods attributable overheads . |
| 15 | Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in , first out basis . |
| 16 | Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in , first out basis . |
| 17 | Gregson was the first in and he looked across at Scott indifferently as Finn entered , smiling thinly by way of a greeting . |
| 18 | When the doors of the huge dining room at the zoo were thrown open we were first in , but a sergeant cook met us in the entrance with : " I want three volunteers for dishwashing — you , you and you , " and marched us away . |
| 19 | The Earl was first in . |
| 20 | She was usually one of the first in . |
| 21 | The first method is known as FIFO ( first in , first out ) while the second method is known as LIFO ( last in , first out ) . |
| 22 | First in |
| 23 | The records are not stored in any particular sequence apart from that of first in , first out . |
| 24 | Tomorrow , the Hercules first in and last out when duty calls . |
| 25 | First in and last out is often the boast of Hercules crews . |
| 26 | The fact we were first in meant quite a lot . |
| 27 | The path flanking the lawn leads first down and then across the garden to help create a feeling of greater space . |
| 28 | George had got the deposit ready for a house and made the first down payment on a dining suite . |
| 29 | In fact , Chris Hipgrave was first down . |
| 30 | This is a man whose idea of love-making is to mash his partner against a wall , rip off her knickers , and then throw her head first down on the sofa . |