Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Money paid by the defendant is appropriated first to reducing the principal debt and then towards the interest . |
| 4 | Perhaps the best way to approach the interview is to consider first what stage the research has reached . |
| 5 | The outer , harder sole is moulded first and the second , shock-absorbing layer is added to it . |
| 6 | The figure is described first , then , briefly , the method . |
| 7 | The scene is laid first in the Leewood Arms , a pub with a garden in an unspecified part of W.11 in London , and later in Pete and Ellie 's flat one block away from the former pad of the Leewood Road ( Demolition Protest ) Commune . |
| 8 | Overall , the studies suggest that the children 's adjustment following divorce is related first to consistent and on-going relationships with both parents ; and secondly , which is central to our discussion , to the parents ' ability to co-operate in their respective parenting roles , that is , co-operation without rancour or conflict . |
| 9 | For both genders the home is associated first and foremost with a range of deep-lying instincts ; those of family , children , love and affection . |
| 10 | If Mark 's Gospel is read first , then Matthew 's , Luke 's and even John 's , then a pattern of development as to the motive of Judas in betraying Jesus is clearly shown . |
| 11 | Which is the vocabulary is disappearing first and then I think maybe the actual intonations and phrases will disappear then too . |
| 12 | In A Landscape with Simple Figures , the teacher is advised first to demonstrate the drawing with charcoal on a large sheet of white paper ; the landscape , illustrating figures walking down a country road , is shown in the manual for her to copy . |
| 13 | The simplest case of a single stream is considered first . |
| 14 | The match is made first . |
| 15 | Typically , a rich picture is constructed first by putting the name of the organisation that is the concern of the analyst into a large ‘ bubble ’ , perhaps at the centre of the page . |
| 16 | In each case the file name is given first and is followed by the module name . |
| 17 | The correct procedure is to apply first to the county court judge for leave , but if leave is refused , the application may be renewed before the Court of Appeal . |
| 18 | The proper procedure is to apply first to the Court of Appeal , but if leave is refused , the application may be renewed before the Appeal Committee within one month of the refusal of leave by the Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | Some examples of endonymous pairs are as follows ( the endonym is given first ) : animal : horse , horse : mare , horse : stable , hand : finger , hand : glove , foot : kick . |
| 20 | Chakrabarty is concentrating first on organisms he scraped up from Love Canal and other American dumpsites . |
| 21 | It can be painted directly on to a surface that is rusty , as long as all the loose rust is removed first . |
| 22 | The stew is made first by first stir-frying onions , garlic and squid for a few minutes , and then adding tomatoes , tomato purée and wine . |
| 23 | A rough balance of the original bridge is obtained first with the detector connected between nodes B and D. The detector is then connected between B and E and another balance obtained through adjustment of Z 5 and/or Z 6 . |
| 24 | The degree of rejection of so-called common-mode signals is indicated by the common-mode rejection ratio which is just the ratio of the output signals obtained when a given input signal is applied first to one input only and then to both . |
| 25 | According to Rivers 1964 , in the audio-lingual method , grammar is presented first through the drilling of structures , after which a simple generalisation is made about the grammatical principle involved . |
| 26 | An alternative method is to derive first the energy of a circuit ( or circuits ) and then use the principle of virtual work to find the force . |
| 27 | To endeavour to simplify this complexity , in each chapter from now onwards , a general description of the fundamentals and similarities of the style is given first and the contributions of each country are then dealt with individually . |
| 28 | It wants to raise funds to set up a special service for Northern Ireland , and ensure that every child 's call is answered first time . |
| 29 | Secondly , decisions about which particular application is completed first lie within the user department . |
| 30 | Given that a male in the operations department is required who is able to speak Italian , the male list is scanned first . |