Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there has been a good deal of solid research on the changing nature of the mining industries in the Third World , once entirely and now less entirely dominated by First World TNCs . |
| 2 | However , the area which ‘ A ’ Squadron had to cover was far too large , several of their jeeps were lost through parachute failures , and the squadron was greatly hampered from first to last by appalling freak weather conditions . |
| 3 | In addition , when applied two or three days prior to going on holiday , protective filters leave the skin better prepared for first exposure to the sun while preserving the natural qualities of the skin . |
| 4 | It may well appear to be somewhat deserted at first , but please do n't forget that these fish will grow quite large , and fast , so the lack of crowding at the start will help towards the fish 's comfort , a point which we must never fail to overlook . |
| 5 | This idea was so firmly rooted that it was perhaps for this reason that these results from radio astronomy seem not to have been widely accepted at first . |
| 6 | Secondly , you will best get there by squeezing all you can out of every position you hold and out of the experience of every man you serve or meet : pick their brains , study their successes and their failures ; never be afraid to ask questions or put new ideas , but do not get upset or angry if they are not accepted at first , and do not assume that the other man 's judgment is wrong . |
| 7 | After the given date , the same change may well have diffused to other dialects that were not affected at first , and Labov 's well-known work ( for example , 1980 ) on short /a/ in the northern United States suggests that this EModE change is still in progress there today . |
| 8 | In his younger , more confident days he could quip that ‘ formalism is the name given to music not understood on first hearing ’ ; but by 1948 he was less resilient , and the situation more threatening . |
| 9 | If the litigant was not assisted at first instance , or before one of the appellate tribunals , a full application for a legal aid certificate must be made . |
| 10 | The floral arrangement in the vase is easily achieved by first knitting the vase as a motif , as it appears on the graph and then programming the flowers and leaves to knit as a reverse image . |
| 11 | It was almost as though such an experience gave the initiated a glimpse of a deeper level of reality than the allegedly shallow analysis of contemporary society by those who had not faced at first hand the traumas of modern warfare . |
| 12 | Parts 1 and 2 examine cellular structure and function to cover material usually taught in first year cell biology courses , while Part 3 , on the behaviour of cells in multicellular animals and plants , is valuable for more advanced students . |
| 13 | The contestants are always attended to first . |
| 14 | None had the wobblies usually experienced by first timers in glassfibre sea kayaks . |
| 15 | As the weekend progressed , that was quickly reduced to first three , first two and then winners only . |
| 16 | So the newcomer need not be totally submerged at first contact with CAD systems suppliers . |
| 17 | Toby was more reserved at first . |
| 18 | First degrees are normally awarded at honours and ordinary ( or pass ) levels , with honours degrees further divided into first class , second class ( upper and lower ) and third class . |
| 19 | It may all look a little complicated at first , but camcorders are quite simple things to use if you tackle the job in an orderly fashion . |
| 20 | The remainder — Va'aiga Tuigamala and Walter Little in the backs , Paul Henderson and Graham Purvis in the pack — have largely been back-up strength in recent times , although Little was busily occupied at first five-eighths in four of the tests this season . |
| 21 | The only parts of the Home Support Project which were not clearly understood at first were ( a ) its method of obtaining clients ( it was sometimes thought that any dementia sufferer in the borough could be referred directly to the development officer ) , and ( b ) the fact that the development officers could not step in immediately the psychogeriatrician referred a client to the project , but had to wait until the research assessment had been carried out ( which would confirm the client 's eligibility for the project service ) . |
| 22 | It is now agreed that global action is urgently required to first to control and then to reduce these and other emissions . |
| 23 | Cautioning was originally intended for first time young offenders and those , like this man , guilty of a minor crime . |
| 24 | Together with Germany in the 1930s , Russia since 1917 has had the most penetrating system of political propaganda , but it was severely hampered at first by inefficient technical means for dissemination over vast spaces and many minority nationalities . |
| 25 | Our advice for the first launch is — hands together , arms outstretched ( but never above your head as is so often attempted by first time flyers ) and as the kite rises , sustain an even line tension . |
| 26 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 27 | All those entered on parts 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 and 9 of the SPR are now described as first level practitioners , while those entered on parts 2 , 4 , 6 and 7 are described as second level practitioners . |
| 28 | It was well received at first , but the mood of the House changed and the Government was defeated on its Second Reading on 19th February . |
| 29 | It was well received at first , and Mozart made 450 gulden out of it . |
| 30 | In about the middle of the eighteenth century , John Zoffany , a portrait painter , arrived in England , and although not regularly accepted at first , he became friendly with Garrick and other actors which lifted his prospects , so he took a lease of a house called ‘ London Style ’ , which was set back from the north bank of the River Thames , just east of Kew Bridge , but later his wife and children occupied a house on the river front on Strand-on-the-Green , which house was named after the painter . |