Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some extent , the government 's policy of affordable housing will enable an element of affordable housing to be provided , but it wo n't satisfy the needs of either people who are currently on the bottom of the housing rung and seeking to move up , nor will h help people who might be seeking to afford to c to come in as first time buyers as opposed to people who are otherwise er some other arrangement through an affordable housing provider . |
| 2 | The Mayoress , Marie Smailes , was away , so the Mayor , Coun Stephen Smailes , asked their god-daughter Emma Lee , of Patterdale Avenue , Newham Grange Estate , to stand in as first lady . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's like a lighthouse , ’ Mickey Aronson whispered to Ada ; and , indeed , Mickey 's comparison was well chosen , for the smile of pride Max Klein could not suppress at being the baaleboss for such a momentous occasion seemed to reach his lips only after first puffing out his chest . |
| 4 | In the 1950s and 1960s the movement of women into the work-force , or its anticipation , appears to have accelerated the pace of childbearing temporarily , especially of first and second births , reinforcing the positive economic effect through men 's income ( ni Bhrölchain 1986a , 1986b ) . |
| 5 | I think if the Liberal Club was only like First World War it was n't there it has n't always been there but the Conservative Club was there as long as I can remember . |
| 6 | In the first quarter of 1994 , a SuperSparc-II kicks in with first silicon clocked at around 65MHz and by the fourth quarter it should be up to 90MHz . |
| 7 | In first quarter of 1994 a SuperSparc-II kicks in with first silicon around 65MHz and by the fourth quarter it should be up to 90MHz . |
| 8 | However , the directors ' report for the 12 months ended 31 July 1992 reveals that in Touche Ross 's opinion , the aggregate of the individual amounts attributed to the players comprising the first team playing squad ( together with first and second year professional players ) as at the year end , was £24m . |
| 9 | Keith Prowse are able to guarantee top price east stand seats together with first class hospitality facilities , situated within the Club . |
| 10 | Having lacked the opportunity to create a new constitutional framework afresh from first principles , Britain now stands out as one of the few nations lacking such a document . |
| 11 | Data records held in sequential mode can be read only from first to last and all steps in any analysis run must be accomplished in a single ‘ pass ’ through the file . |
| 12 | Over on the horizon there was a dark-blue smudge of land to be seen only in first clear light . |
| 13 | hill only in first gear . |
| 14 | At last I got on a bus , which trundled quite briskly to the far end of the King 's Road , but after World 's End , where the streets were darker , the fog seemed to close in and the bus was forced to nose its way cautiously along in first gear . |
| 15 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 16 | It would not have been difficult to fill this page with a glowing report based entirely on first impressions . |
| 17 | I do get nervous , but not necessarily on first nights . |
| 18 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 19 | The XJ-Two Twenty , which costs almost half a million pounds was being test driven by a motoring journalist , when he accidentally changed down to first gear instead of third while travelling at NINETY miles an hour.It 'll need about twenty thousand pounds to mend the broken car … the driver 's wounded pride may take a little more work . |
| 20 | So on first consideration it seems odd that in the early days of planning The Possessed Dostoevsky should write to his friend Maikov and describe his new venture as ‘ like Crime and Punishment but even nearer to reality , even more urgent , and directly concerned with the most important contemporary question ’ . |
| 21 | Common sense told me the news would break sooner or later , even if it was n't until my funeral , so on first being diagnosed , I had rung Clifford , with a statement to give to the press , should it become necessary , to the effect that my job was to make people forget their problems and not to talk about mine . |
| 22 | They might think to themselves , what is the most important thing for us to home in on first of all ? |
| 23 | Really sad , because you loved him so much at first . ’ |
| 24 | She looked at it idly at first and then with increasing curiosity . |
| 25 | The regularity of your periods should not be affected , but some bleeding may occur after the fitting or between periods , especially at first . |
| 26 | Especially at first , you may have to keep reminding the patient to sit upright and take the food to his mouth , rather than letting his face droop towards his plate . |
| 27 | It 's little tiny things that matter , especially at first when you 're going into a Home , they are very important . |
| 28 | After the menopause the vagina becomes drier and less elastic , so husbands may need to be a bit more gentle , especially at first , and a little more persevering . |
| 29 | The distinction is important , because if you are very sensitive to yeast , even the smallest amount can make you ill , so scrupulous avoidance is necessary , especially at first . |
| 30 | Also , the raids may frequently , and especially at first , have appeared to pose little threat to Æthelred 's position as king , and so his circumstances were arguably not comparable with those faced by Alfred , Æthelstan , Edmund Ironside and Harold Godwinsson . |