Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forged into an irresistible revolutionary force by its vanguard party , the proletariat was destined to carry through first the bourgeois-democratic revolution and then the socialist revolution . |
| 2 | Which do you want to comment on first ? |
| 3 | Two or three specific problem areas can be identified with the parents that they would like to work on first . |
| 4 | The fact that timing of the first births is closely related to age at first marriage or union is documented in Fig 1 . |
| 5 | As a retired deputy head teacher , having to be cared for was hard to accept at first . |
| 6 | Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment . |
| 7 | To enter such houses , to know at first hand such interiors , was to give a face to the masses , mitigating on the one hand the terror of revolution , satisfying on the other the promptings of Christian conscience . |
| 8 | Whilst in the design studio they were able to observe at first hand the adaption , of a Chinese Motif which was being prepared by Roger McDowell , Contract Designer , for another Swedish customer . |
| 9 | Now the one we are going to talk about first of all is the too little sugar where your person has been stabilized and they 're taking insulin injections . |
| 10 | When Van Cheele got to London , Cunningham did not want to talk at first . |
| 11 | Back in the changing rooms , the only drink to celebrate at first for financially pressed Oxford was tea … |
| 12 | Scotland 's most-capped goalkeeper , with 54 appearances , is needed at Bramall Lane because Dave Bassett 's side , who face Sheffield Wednesday on 3 April , have nobody else eligible for the FA Cup to cover for first choice Alan Kelly . |
| 13 | Well hm you can see that er , members are also very concerned about it and er we 've er , i there are external circumstances that you know , we have to look into first . |
| 14 | ( 10 ) I had myself to look to first of all . |
| 15 | Eliot is able to recall Shakespeare closely enough to suggest at first sight that an ironic contrast is aimed at , but also to present the possibility that the allusion functions as the poetic equivalent of a legal fiction . |
| 16 | As experienced dog owners we thought we knew what to expect at first — a little mess , some chewing , a bit of a handful . |
| 17 | It is this aspect of the craft that I want to look at first this month . |
| 18 | Erm what I would ask the panel to look at first of all is the fact that the erm the proposals for I five and I twelve appear to be largely acceptable over quite a large area of the the county . |
| 19 | This will provide an unprecedented opportunity for many to experience at first hand the richness and diversity of Japanese culture . |
| 20 | Her assessment of me changed from one of total hostility to a slightly puzzled statement that my experience with these doctors , in her own words ‘ may prove , after all , not to have been a bad thing for this peculiar chap — half high principle and half unashamed pragmatism — to have been brought into personal dealings with this autocratic profession and to experience at first hand the kind of behaviour that has been driving Ministers of Health to despair for years ’ . |
| 21 | But there was Anthea to contend with first . |
| 22 | If the quail have been reared with siblings , both sexes prefer to mate with first cousins . |
| 23 | I 've got a lot of preparation to do before first period . ’ |
| 24 | However , egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue . |
| 25 | The Curly Top dryer felt quite strange to use at first . |
| 26 | One week to go before first Dress Rehearsal of Re:Joyce . |
| 27 | On reaching Port Said , however , the captain declared that Annesley would have to be more respectably attired if he wished to continue in first class . |
| 28 | Finally , I return to the introduction , in which the pervasive theme was failure to plan from first principles , and lack of vision . |
| 29 | Its management decided to start from first principles by developing critical success factors . |
| 30 | As part of the move towards a single grade of nurse , enrolled nurses who wish and are able , are to be encouraged to convert to first level nurse status by way of a conversion course or some other approved means of study and assessment of competence . |