Example sentences of "[adv] by first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does so by first pulling in its tongue and closing its jaws . |
| 2 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 3 | . Answers on a Christmas card , to and the Christmas cards please , with your answers , to be in by first post , next Friday , the seventeenth . |
| 4 | Although the nature of science teaching meant that there was far more contact between staff and students than in the humanities departments we shall look at , it was noticeable that staff were addressed by titles , not by first names . |
| 5 | There 's a letter I really ought to get written tonight — I had n't realised it was quite so late , and I can get it off by first post if I do it now . ’ |
| 6 | Now Hereford 's cup run was finished off by first division Nottingham Forest … they lost two nil but have boosted the bank balance with over twenty four thousand packing into the City Ground yesterday |
| 7 | Each group was led by a soloist representing the leader of a particular orchestral section so that as the themes were taken up by first one and then another section , the various groups of dancers joined in . |
| 8 | The validation was carried out by first producing in report format a list of activities and associated information that appeared relevant to each functional group , then asking questions of selected staff on the basis of this list . |
| 9 | This is carried out by first defining what the system is that is being modelled , using the CATWOE mnemonic as a guide ( Chapter 6 ) . |
| 10 | Once such differences in the soil can be detected , the archaeological features are excavated , often by first removing what appears to be the latest ( uppermost ) layer , and then proceeding to the next layer , and so on . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ He was a remarkable man , even by First World War standards . |
| 12 | These solutions were originally obtained indirectly by first considering the Weyl solutions for stationary axisymmetric space-times . |
| 13 | I was advised by my legal advisers in the Department , and subsequently by first Treasury counsel , that that order was beyond the power of the court , and I was given leave to apply for it to be varied or discharged . |