Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contestants are always attended to first . |
| 2 | It is now agreed that global action is urgently required to first to control and then to reduce these and other emissions . |
| 3 | Toby was more reserved at first . |
| 4 | Cautioning was originally intended for first time young offenders and those , like this man , guilty of a minor crime . |
| 5 | All those entered on parts 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 and 9 of the SPR are now described as first level practitioners , while those entered on parts 2 , 4 , 6 and 7 are described as second level practitioners . |
| 6 | A second point to be noted in this , and in a large number of other conversational fragments , is that personal topics are frequently introduced through first person reference in one form or another . |
| 7 | The Dwarfs were hard pressed at first , but eventually saw the Orcs off with the help of their formidable cannons . |
| 8 | The floral arrangement in the vase is easily achieved by first knitting the vase as a motif , as it appears on the graph and then programming the flowers and leaves to knit as a reverse image . |
| 9 | However , the area which ‘ A ’ Squadron had to cover was far too large , several of their jeeps were lost through parachute failures , and the squadron was greatly hampered from first to last by appalling freak weather conditions . |