Example sentences of "[vb pp] first [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning off from the north-south highway some twelve miles north of the Makaa , the track leading to the cabin had been made first by loggers and then improved by a quarrying company some forty years ago . |
| 2 | These attacks are made first before attacks from either side . |
| 3 | The principles of these rules are explained first in pp. 15–43 of their book , and in greater detail in pp. 69–162 . |
| 4 | But on the principle that most clever ideas in this field seem to have been developed first by bats , I do n't mind betting that the answer is yes . |
| 5 | Many valuable drugs have been recognized first as poisons . |
| 6 | In Minimata mercury poisoning was diagnosed first in cats . |
| 7 | Studies of this kind were influenced first by studies and methods of denudation chronology , of which they naturally formed the later stages , and secondly by developments in the study of the Pleistocene where the work of Zeuner ( 1945 , 1958 ) and the work of geologists ( e.g. Wright , 1937 ; Flint , 1947 ; Charlesworth , 1957 ) had been particularly influential . |
| 8 | There , shootings are investigated first by colleagues of the shooter . |
| 9 | Began this season at record home-run pace , slowed later on but still finished first in majors for home runs ( 47 ) and RBIs ( 125 ) . |
| 10 | But it soon seemed natural for one man to be held first among equals ; or the first prominent convert in a city , like Stephanas at Corinth ( 1 Cor. 16 : 15–16 ) , might form a community round his household . |
| 11 | They were held first in police cells in Katmandu for 3 weeks and then transferred to a permanent prison . |
| 12 | The scheme could be initiated first in areas of highest long-term unemployment . |