Example sentences of "be of first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is significant that under imitation forms , he states that ‘ the above , i.e. Nos. 170 — 178 , are dated by the Sigillata forms they imitate , which are of first century type . |
| 2 | The weakness of both the holistic and individualistic approaches is that they are both in their different ways incapable of explaining the origins of phenomena ; yet it is the origins which are of first importance in understanding human psychology and society . |
| 3 | Thus it is argued that the gain in profits of changing prices may only be of second order , whereas the welfare losses from the resulting rigidities may be of first order . |
| 4 | It is true that the British Medical Journal wrote favourably about his technique in 1930 : ‘ Mr. Alexander 's work is of first class importance and investigation by the medical profession is imperative . ’ |
| 5 | The purpose which lies behind the call to obedience is of first importance . |
| 6 | The reader will probably reply that the question is quite otiose because it is obvious that , as Freud himself pointed out , the oral region is of first significance in a new-born baby 's life , the anal zone is significant later , especially with the coming of toilet-training , and the phallic period is last merely because it is only later that increasing awareness of the genitals and the ability to manipulate them and perceive the persons of the parents causes Oedipal phenomena ( which are synonymous with the phallic period ) to come to the fore . |
| 7 | Neither Princess was of first rank in the European hierarchy of royalty and both were protestants . |