Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any NOT eligible for transfer to Russians will be included in surrendered personnel at first ( b ) above ( ie will be included among German PoWs to be transferred to 12 Army Group ) . |
| 2 | Never tamper with electrical fittings without first switching off mains power supply at the consumer unit . |
| 3 | The notion of tone is best understood by dealing with single syllables at first . |
| 4 | On the assumption that the relevant legislation is not satisfied , what course of action can a minority shareholder who is not a director ( owning say 20% of the share capital ) take to redress the situation when new shares have been systematically issued to existing directors without first being offered on a pro rata basis to all members ? |
| 5 | One of the most impressive examples of multiple narration is Carlos Fuentes 's The Death of Artemio Cruz , in which the story of a dying ex-revolutionary turned corrupt capitalist magnate is recounted in alternating sequences of first , second and third-person narrative . |