Example sentences of "[adv] a first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is merely a first step — but a very significant one , and one without which the hypnotherapist 's task would certainly be made far more difficult . |
| 2 | expressing your hope that these convictions signal the determination of the Guatemalan government not to tolerate any further human rights abuses , no matter who the perpetrators , and that they represent merely a first step in a concentrated programme of government action intended to return Guatemala to the rule of law ; |
| 3 | This analysis is , however , merely a first step . |
| 4 | Moreover , the commercial approach now evident suggests that this is merely a first step towards privatisation . |
| 5 | Not perhaps a first choice for the work , but an enjoyable addition to an indispensable Perséphone . |
| 6 | Life is all compromise , so a first consideration when siting the launch pad is to ensure that the DZ ( drop zone ) is clear of hazards like forests , cliffs and rivers likely to cause much grief to the fauna . |
| 7 | Conversely , the great revolution seemed less a first instalment of an even greater change than the last instalment of a past era : at best a splendid highly coloured memory , at worst a proof that there were no dramatic shortcuts to progress . |
| 8 | In either case , the line thus calculated is only a first approximation , and will be tuned up , as we shall see in the next section . |
| 9 | While the United States would yield a constant strategic threat to the Soviet homeland the USSR would yield only a first strike threat to the American fleet . |
| 10 | ( It is a standard procedure of politicians , when embarking upon a course which lacks logical coherence , to disarm critics and criticism by describing what they do or commend as ‘ only a first step ’ ; for who can demand logic from ‘ a first step ’ ? ) |
| 11 | Mr Douglas Hurd , Foreign Secretary , made clear that the sanctions were only a first step , to be followed if necessary by a ban on oil exports , source of 95 per cent of Col Gaddafi 's revenue . |
| 12 | But this is only a first step to scientific study , and two questions naturally follow : having found D what use is it ? |
| 13 | The specific plan announced by Schuman had been drafted by Jean Monnet who certainly did see it as only a first step in a chain that would ultimately lead to political integration . |
| 14 | Hence in the Budget of 1907 he took only a first step towards graduation by introducing into the tax system different rates of tax for earned and unearned income . |
| 15 | And they are ambitious : while the job is regarded as important and worthwhile , it is for them , only a first step in a pollution control career , even though the present organizational structure of the agencies provokes anxieties about the limited prospects of promotion . |
| 16 | He repeated the Government 's support for Mr Patten , who embarked on his reforms last October , and said that publication of the plans was only a first step which should not be an obstacle to talks with Beijing . |
| 17 | He tried fitfully to proceed with a short prose book on the nature of culture which he had been contemplating for some time , but by the end of 1942 had produced only a first draft of two chapters : this must be the source of the four essays which appeared in the New English Weekly during January and February 1943 under the title , " Notes toward a Definition of Culture " . |
| 18 | The common Unix desktop that represents the present manifestation of the Common Open Software Environment , COSE , is just a first step on the road to a much more comprehensive common Unix environment . |
| 19 | But make no mistake , it is just a first step . ’ |
| 20 | There is always a first sentence in which the first phrase demands continuity , the second then providing repose . |
| 21 | ‘ Always a first time , ’ he said . |
| 22 | But you know the old saying , there 's always a first time for everything . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Always a first time . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's always a first time . ’ |
| 25 | He was being kind , she could tell , and not probing further , so she rewarded him with a rather watery smile , and said sententiously , ‘ There 's always a first time for everything . ’ |
| 26 | There is an element of danger in the show but it is thoroughly checked , but there 's always a first time . |
| 27 | At that time , Gore was still a first year at Bath University . |
| 28 | Lacking a clear career structure , and appearing to offer the somewhat unattractive prospect of long hours and low pay , retail was hardly a first choice career option for most young people . |
| 29 | After a confident start United took the lead in the 17th minute when the elusive Thornley centred for Butt to rifle home a first time shot . |
| 30 | Victor Atanasie Stanculescu , hitherto National Economy Minister and once a First Deputy Defence Minster under Ceausescu , was immediately appointed as the new Defence Minister . |