Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a top-down approach in that the entities are identified first , followed by the relationships between them , and then more detail is filled in as the attributes and key attribute(s) of each entity are identified . |
| 2 | It is also top-down , in that the entities are identified first and then more and more detail filled in , as where the attributes of the entities are identified . |
| 3 | This ordering ensures that standard phenomena are covered first , exceptions and non-grammatical structures later on . |
| 4 | The activities are based first on the complete episode , and then progress to more detailed work on each of the four sections into which the episode can be broken down |
| 5 | The volost' party cell and its activities are taken first , before moving to less politically secure organs like the local village Soviets and the Komsomol ( Young Communist League ) . |
| 6 | If an office development is being built , the foundations are built first , the cosmetics such as paint and carpets last . |
| 7 | The transfer of energy to the electrical circuit is accomplished by means of the voltages induced in the phase windings when the rotor oscillates , so these voltages are considered first . |
| 8 | The principles of these rules are explained first in pp. 15–43 of their book , and in greater detail in pp. 69–162 . |
| 9 | In the following sections of the report , country-specific programmes are outlined first , followed by remote sensing and regional programmes . |
| 10 | In this way , resulting solutions are found first and the initial conditions are obtained subsequently . |
| 11 | Besides , defectors are handled first by MI6 . |
| 12 | One method of avoiding the operation of the rule is to reverse the order of the two parts of the clause so that the general words are placed first and the list of specific items are prefaced by a phrase like " for example " , or " without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing " , or " such as " . |
| 13 | Not all alternatives are looked at , rather those most familiar to decision-makers or deviating least from existing practice are examined first , in order to cut down the information and transition costs associated with more radical changes . |
| 14 | These extra guitar-gauge strings lie on the topside of each ‘ bass ’ string , so using a plectrum lets the instrument operate to maximum effect , since the drones are struck first — as with a 12-string guitar . |
| 15 | Candidates who are admitted to study for the PhD , MLitt or MPhil are registered first under the designation of ‘ supervised postgraduate student ’ . |
| 16 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 17 | The New Orleans sequences were filmed first , even before Fonda , Hopper and screenwriter Terry Southern had finished writing . |
| 18 | While FIFO corresponds most closely to the way in which firms actually use their inventories ( i.e. the oldest stock is used first ) and corresponds to the actual cost paid for inventories , it ignores the fact that to replace the inventories now costs a great deal more . |
| 19 | ‘ When club football is put first to the extent of having two mini sections to find the European Cup finalists , it is obvious that national sides must suffer as a result of the extra matches , ’ said Vogts . |
| 20 | Money paid by the defendant is appropriated first to reducing the principal debt and then towards the interest . |
| 21 | Perhaps the best way to approach the interview is to consider first what stage the research has reached . |
| 22 | The outer , harder sole is moulded first and the second , shock-absorbing layer is added to it . |
| 23 | The figure is described first , then , briefly , the method . |
| 24 | Jumping for joy : India 's Kiran More celebrates as England 's Richard Blakey is bowled first ball by Anil Kumble in the third Test in Bombay yesterday . |
| 25 | In Minimata mercury poisoning was diagnosed first in cats . |
| 26 | It came from many sources and for many reasons ; but the growth of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries was stimulated first and foremost by the flocks of pilgrims who arrived on major festivals and sought shelter and a place to worship in the presence of the high altar of a great church and the shrines of its saints . |
| 27 | To transfer the first 5,626 papers that came to hand would mean ignoring the 8,907 other papers on which Paisley was placed first , and the system reasonably requires that the second preferences expressed on those papers should also be taken into account . |
| 28 | Chain mail was made first by coiling links around a pole and then fully constructed by interlinking . |
| 29 | Arizona was hit first and blew up when a bomb hit near No 2 turret exploding the magazines . |
| 30 | Notice in ( b ) pink was used first and then yellow and finally pale viridian . |