Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has graded these goals in terms of difficulty ; she starts with the easiest things first . |
| 2 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 3 | In addition to being under-counted in the unemployment figures , a woman 's class is determined by that of her husband , all tables are presented with the male figures first , the ‘ head of the household ’ definition systematically favours men , and housework is not classified as work . |
| 4 | And , go through the enabling factors first , they 're very very straightforward , it 's the motivating factors which are more complex . |
| 5 | Mr Bush dealt with the older children first and placed a few evacuees with them at the back . |
| 6 | 1/My usual method of working is to block in the largest shapes first and then gradually break down into smaller and smaller shapes . |
| 7 | My usual method of working is to block in the largest shapes first and then gradually break down into smaller and smaller shapes . |