Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the whole family will be mourning , this should be regarded very much as ‘ her ’ day , and her wishes should come first . |
| 2 | There is a widespread assumption that atomistic activities should come first and holistic ones second . |
| 3 | A combination of forceful fencing and enterprising tactics may seal first prize for Captain Dibble and enable his blossoming trainer to maintain a close vigil on Gordon Richards at the head of the table . |
| 4 | However to be successful in export markets companies must offer first class products of good design and proven quality . |
| 5 | Cutting down the amount of laundry , consuming large quantities of detergent and water , might be one aspect of the charter 's influence that guests would notice first . |
| 6 | The Data General , Santa Cruz , 88open and RS/6000 versions will appear first , around the end of April , with ICL following around the middle of the year . |
| 7 | A short guided tour of the workplace , with explanations and a chance to ask questions may come first . |
| 8 | Councillor Peter Andrew yesterday said pedestrians should come first . |
| 9 | ‘ Natural ’ leanings might come first , but these were regulated with the severity of a drill master . |
| 10 | Compaq Computer Corp announced both desktop machines and servers and is actually placing most of its valuable early Pentiums into the desktop products so that the new Deskpro 60/M and 66/M machines will debut first . |
| 11 | Patients must come first has always been the rallying cry of the clinicians , almost as if , for managers , the opposite held true . |
| 12 | Appeals chief Dorothy Roberts said : ‘ I am upset if I have offended anyone , but the care of the patients must come first . ’ |
| 13 | Local MP Frank Field demanded that patients should come first . |
| 14 | ‘ Surely big sisters should go first . ’ |
| 15 | Community care assessments must focus first and foremost on the person 's needs ( rather than seeking to fit people in to existing services ) , must be in partnership with the person and their carers , be flexible , timeous and simple , and multidisciplinary . |
| 16 | Without chapter 11 , if a firm were shut down and its assets sold off , the spoils would go first to senior creditors — banks and others that had lent the firm money . |
| 17 | Beta Hi Fi recorders will appear first in the US , this summer . |
| 18 | Henceforth , inner cities would have first place . |
| 19 | Pray that these leaders may seek first the Kingdom of God . |
| 20 | It must of course be realised that any funding organisation may wish to appoint their own solicitor to handle the case , particularly if a trade union is involved , but as always , the client 's interests must come first . |
| 21 | The League of Nations mandate under which Britain held Tanganyika after 1920 decreed that native interests should come first . |
| 22 | Possible conflicts were discussed within TI , he admits , and ‘ we decided in principle that TI would come first ’ but , as yet , he has not disagreed vehemently with anything the ASB has produced . |
| 23 | Such bodies have a very large , almost captive , clientele since many of those buying houses will go first to the bank or building society to arrange to borrow the money to buy the house . |
| 24 | A European distribution strategy is still being put together according to Univel 's international marketing director , Greg Fallan , though existing Novell distributors and resellers will get first refusal . |
| 25 | We can see how , in Axelrod 's meaning of the term , nice guys may finish first . |
| 26 | ‘ The good of the voters must come first . |
| 27 | Apart from the considerable advantages for the mentally handicapped child , the other children will have first hand contact with mental handicap at an early age . |
| 28 | Mr Scannell warns that if you own French property you must plan ahead for inheritance — under French law your children will have first crack at the property . |
| 29 | If we adopt this definition , which is not too far from the colloquial meaning , nice guys can finish first . |
| 30 | They could herald the benignant idea that , even with selfish genes at the helm , nice guys can finish first . |