Example sentences of "[noun] can be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cotton can be fixed by first coating the board with glue size or a coat of PVA glue . |
| 2 | Only after Dirac had predicted that there must be positrons as well as electrons ( verified in 1932 ) did he and others set out to see whether the charge and the mass of an electron can be derived from first principles . |
| 3 | The integrand can be expanded to first order in : . |
| 4 | But none of the promises can be fulfilled without first a child being born , or , to be more precise in Abraham 's patriarchal world , a son . |
| 5 | One exception to this requirement is when a view to the front can be obtained without first looking through the windscreen . |