Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The researchers went back to first principles by making a detailed mechanical analysis of Diatryma 's head . |
| 2 | The latter 's daughter , Lady Joan , is certainly interested in ‘ the Condition of England Question ’ , and his guests include the principled , High-Church , and well-born clergyman , St Lys , who retorts to Lord Mamey that war on the cottage does not at first seem so startling a cry as war on the castle . |
| 3 | remind you that all money at the moment goes either to first which is n't quite so bad cos they 're family but a vast amount goes into and , both of whom have therefore access to our commercial sensitive , for want of a better term , information and we want to control that . |
| 4 | The clouds were parting and the moon showed dimly at first when the 12-pounder gun 's crew of cooks and stewards closed up aboard the destroyer . |
| 5 | In fact , the fog obliged the convoy to turn back at first , but it set out again later in the day and reached the Spanish mainland with little difficulty . |
| 6 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 7 | Newmark ( 1966 ) claims that this causes the learners to fall back on first language rules , i.e. they use the syntax of the first to speak the second . |
| 8 | This enables the Bureau to find out at first hand how authorities are tackling the issue and what they need form the centre . |