Example sentences of "[conj] as [art] first " in BNC.

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1 But their strength as vehicles for practice or as a first amp for a budding shredder would be difficult to challenge .
2 Potted game is most delicious and delicate with hot thin crisp brown toast for tea or as a first course at lunch .
3 Important deaths come in special news flashes , or as the first item , not at the end .
4 This unit will be conducted by Mrs Chris Smith , Pastoral Director at Ushaw , and people are welcome to attend this as a complete course in its own right , or as the first stage in the longer course which contains five further units .
5 Autodesk Inc , Sausalito , California has decided that IBM Corp 's Cadam Inc computer-aided design software base is ripe for plundering , and is developing two Cadam-emulation products , Aemulus and Aemulus(mf) , which are now in alpha test : the products , which offer a Cadam-like user interface and bi-directional compatibility with Cadam files , are also compatible with AutoCAD Release 12 ; Aemulus is an AutoCAD Development System application with a Cadam-like graphics interface and command set and enables customers to edit existing Cadam models or create new Cadam-compatible models on the desktop ; Aemulus(mf) is a mainframe-resident program that enables customers to quickly and completely convert Cadam two-dimensional Interactive Drawing files to DXF files or vice versa ; both are set for shipment in May 1993 but pricing has not yet been decided ; the company also says that it is expanding its product line beyond the drafting portion of the design spectrum it has traditionally occupied to cover the entire spectrum from conceptualisation to manufacturing , and that as a first step its three top-selling drafting and design packages , AutoCAD , Generic CADD and AutoSketch , have been brought together under one organisational umbrella , and are being precisely defined and clarified in terms of their relationship to each other ; development is under way to enable the three products to work together and share files across networks .
6 The committee expressed concern over loss of public access as Forestry Commission woodland was sold off , and said that as a first step , all existing rights of way should be maintained .
7 They saw municipal ownership and its efficient management as a means of improving public services and as a first step towards public ownership of the entire economy , and improved administration to prevent or cure social ills .
8 If the new work is given to you in a lecture , you can assume that you require two hours of study for each hour of lecture — for reading of the subject before the lecture , and as a first review ( " within the first 24 hours ) .
9 Underlying the FMI is a belief that better use of resources requires a clearer definition of the objectives of expenditure , and as a first step all departments were obliged to specify their objectives as a basis for determining priorities and measuring achievement .
10 Hundreds of delegates from around 25 political groups amended a charter presented by the EPRDF , and as a first step towards its implementation elected an 87-member Council of Representatives .
11 And as a first step we should demand three things essential to give any chance to retain ship building on Tyneside .
12 Unfortunately , certain landlords tend to abuse rights of access and as a first step the tenant should ensure that the right is subject to reasonable notice and may only be exercised at reasonable times , except of course in cases of emergency .
13 And as a first resort , come and bug m .
14 And as the first US Ambassador to the Communist regime in Beijing , he believed that secret emissaries to his old Chinese contacts was the way to launch his personal brand of presidential diplomacy .
15 Well , Rocktron 's system might not be everyone 's idea of perfection , but it 's beautifully put together with state-of-the-art components , and as the first of a potential wave of ‘ off the peg ’ rack systems it 's the one the rest will have to beat .
16 ‘ It has been a special privilege to serve under you in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary and as the first Secretary of State for National Heritage .
17 She was an apostle of teacher training and as the first woman to be elected to the senate of London University promoted the foundation of the London Day Training College and the accompanying chair in education .
18 Dave Robson La Ronde Gulbenkian Studio Theatre , Newcastle ARTHUR Schnitzler 's Reigen is perhaps best known under its French title and as the first of two film versions , made by Max Ophuls in 1950 , is remembered as the quintessence of Viennese elegance .
19 What they want is business , not as an exclusive right but as a first option .
20 To say more would have been to overstate the case , but as a first preview it got by .
21 ‘ I want you to regard me not as the last Viceroy winding up the British Raj ’ , he told Nehru , ‘ but as the first to lead the way to the new India . ’
22 Few would argue , though , that the most important person in the history of West Indies cricket was Frank Worrell , for as the first regular black captain it was he who united all the old discordant factions and created one of the most glorious of teams .
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