Example sentences of "should [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should explain first why it was Alec Davidson who exposed these mysteries to me . |
| 2 | I should emphasize first , that the two possibilities shown in Fig. 24.2 are not the only explanations for the origins of the incest taboo . |
| 3 | This concern should focus first on understanding ‘ how it is possible ’ for corporate crime to be endemic in our ‘ law and order ’ society , and second , and hopefully flowing from this understanding , ‘ how can it be contained or regulated ? ’ |
| 4 | We agree with the Government that MPAs should be advised that , in carrying out this review , they should concentrate first on permissions granted between 1948 and 1969 , during the first two years , as these are more likely to lack the conditions and/or present the most serious environmental problems . |
| 5 | sixty percent of customers buy first through re recommendations , for instance , right , if I can prove to you that sixty percent of customers buy , buy first through recommendations , right , would you not see that as a kind er reason why you should buy first as well ? |
| 6 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 7 | You should speak first , as your daughter 's natural father , and when you have finished , you could then say , ‘ I will now pass you over to Ted , Mary 's stepfather ’ . |
| 8 | Designing training we started yesterday we are finishing the session now so in your opinion what are the most important things we should do first when designing training ? |
| 9 | They should look first at theft . |
| 10 | A belief held by a number of software designers is that if the software is properly designed then there should be no need for an emulator ; it should work first time . |
| 11 | That stresses , above all , that one should defend first and attack second . |
| 12 | In whatever capacity the surveyor is appointed , he should understand first his role as defined by his conditions of engagement agreed with his client and , secondly , his specific role as laid down within the building contract being used . |
| 13 | It implies that we should decide first whether we are considering its value as a means or its value in itself . |
| 14 | And yet this creature who so violates the natural order and traditional gender divisions by dressing as a man also does things better than a man : ‘ I should draw first and prove the quicker man ’ , she says ( iv . |
| 15 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 16 | It is interesting that he should have first obtained benefices in the north ; in the late thirteenth century very many royal clerks were beneficed in the province of York , and it is clear that he was in the king 's service by 1262 , acting as a proctor for Henry III in the French court . |
| 17 | The three parts would be determined and then Lothar should have first pick . |
| 18 | In view of the agonizing difficulties faced by so many elderly people on very low incomes , is there any way this house , this week , can ask the minister to make a statement whether the cold weather payments could be made and all the red tape regulations removed because those payments are not made unless there are seven days of freezing weather and it does seem to me , the welfare of your old should have first priority . |
| 19 | The Abbey , from Trap 1 , should gain first run on Sheffield record-breaker Pineapple Lemon . |
| 20 | A decision fell to be made here — whether the castle party should cross first , or the larger group which was to form the barrier ? |
| 21 | The young Principal , with a tact that would help ensure he remained a ‘ high flyer ’ , had suggested that he should take first luncheon if that were agreeable to the Minister , and had disappeared . |
| 22 | Robyn strolled up the shopping mall with its glass and fancy tiles and green lush plants , which gave it the strange appearance of a tropical jungle littered with high-street stores , and considered which one of the high-class boutiques she should enter first . |
| 23 | ‘ Surely big sisters should go first . ’ |
| 24 | It was vital I should go first into the town , to the castle , where such news first belongs , and so I did . |
| 25 | Ivor thought it odd defending champions Europe should go first because tradition , and courtesy , normally allows the visitors the honour . |
| 26 | The general lack of awareness in the medical profession of the nature of addictive disease and of the process of recovery through the " Anonymous Fellowships is Surely , a clinical scientist should observe first , postulate second and treat third , not the other way round . |
| 27 | A sound perimeter ( half of which is probably your neighbour 's responsibility ) should come first , if only to foster good relations ; within your boundaries you are then free to work out your own schemes . |
| 28 | Although the whole family will be mourning , this should be regarded very much as ‘ her ’ day , and her wishes should come first . |
| 29 | The League of Nations mandate under which Britain held Tanganyika after 1920 decreed that native interests should come first . |
| 30 | One admires unions backing their players , but surely a responsibility to the country and to rugby in general should come first . |