Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having lacked the opportunity to create a new constitutional framework afresh from first principles , Britain now stands out as one of the few nations lacking such a document . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's like a lighthouse , ’ Mickey Aronson whispered to Ada ; and , indeed , Mickey 's comparison was well chosen , for the smile of pride Max Klein could not suppress at being the baaleboss for such a momentous occasion seemed to reach his lips only after first puffing out his chest . |
| 3 | The complete absence of information makes it very difficult to uncover the processes of change which may have been at work among the peoples north and south of the Trent during the reign of Eadwine , but it is inconceivable that Eadwine was able to extend his hegemony southwards without first achieving domination of the Mercians . |
| 4 | They might think to themselves , what is the most important thing for us to home in on first of all ? |
| 5 | What the evidence does show is that , even in an area where a traditional Mercian involvement was sustained , relations with Offa were not hostile and Mercian influence not at first particularly oppressive . |
| 6 | I always try to read the question calmly at first , because I hope that if I read them slowly enough the words will , in some miraculous way , make sense to me . |
| 7 | It may help him to take his wheelchair out at first : pushing it may help him to balance more easily . |
| 8 | Depositors are issued with cheque books which enable them to spend the money directly without first having to go to the bank and draw the money out in cash . |
| 9 | hill only in first gear . |
| 10 | Keith Prowse are able to guarantee top price east stand seats together with first class hospitality facilities , situated within the Club . |
| 11 | Costs less at first |
| 12 | The East Belfast man ca n't put a foot over the door of his Cregagh Road home without first stripping off in the garden . |
| 13 | Under David Atherton 's direction the Coliseum presentation fizzes musically from first to last . |
| 14 | Often schoolchildren aged in their early teens , who struggle through a reading test with a 15 per cent error rate , reduce errors to 2 per cent and increase confidence visibly on first meeting a rule-based spelling . |
| 15 | The whole idea behind the I D S sounds perhaps at first as if its a little bit like an old missionary organization which has been set up to help the natives . |
| 16 | Water regularly at first , until they are growing and spreading happily . |
| 17 | As Attorney-General , he has visited Belfast monthly and knows the important figures there at first hand . |
| 18 | It was an unlikely theory even at first sight . |
| 19 | He progressed north-east , using the uplift warily at first but then with increasing confidence , soaring round and round in its rising power and powering forward for miles , until he saw the hills begin to falter ahead and the ground to flatten unpromisingly . |
| 20 | Does he investigate the object curiously at first and then ignore it , indicating a bold nature ? |
| 21 | Normally this water fishes well from first light for a couple of hours or so . |
| 22 | They felt that the Authority provided too little support here at first , although curriculum leadership courses introduced in the later stages of the ‘ Programme provided some help subsequently . |
| 23 | They made love slowly at first , taking their time smoothing away clothing to dress each other 's bodies in kisses , to learn the new yet strangely familiar contours . |
| 24 | These movements are done with both arms together at first , then alternately . |
| 25 | Kevin Morris says that he wants to get the boat journey over with first because last time they were so ill coming back . |
| 26 | Expectancy seems to be communicated to the subject immediately on first contact with the experimenter . |
| 27 | And Ruth , then quietly returns to Naomi there at first light , excitedly telling her of all that has been happening . |
| 28 | But if I 'm right about what it takes to tell the truth , Pooh ca n't tell anyone that there 's honey there without first becoming aware of having that belief . |
| 29 | The expedition organisers are still hoping he 'll make it to camp for and radio in at first light tomorrow . |
| 30 | He would have felt it demeaning to condemn this world utterly without first paying a visit to the vicinity of its ruler . |