Example sentences of "[det] as the first " in BNC.

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1 As therapists , we have over the years become suspicious of the adult patient who too openly and easily confesses incestuous experience , putting this as the first and foremost cause of all their problems .
2 Lotus views this as the first step in providing intergroup capabilities for applications like spreadsheets .
3 The therapist believes this problem is maintained independently of the client 's other problems and thus accepts this as the first goal for therapy .
4 Morant and Newman hoped gradually to develop a comprehensive free health service for children administered by local Medical Officers of Health , seeing this as the first step towards a free health service for all .
5 It is tempting to see this as the first occasion when the judges insisted on independence on this principle .
6 France , Germany and several other members , stressing its ( more active ) peacemaking potential , saw this as the first major concrete step towards developing the WEU as the " defence component of the European union " as outlined in the Maastricht treaty [ see p. 38658 ] .
7 ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’
8 ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’
9 Rehearsals for important premieres , such as the first Polish performance of Shostakovich 's Fourteenth Symphony at an inaugural concert of the Warsaw Autumn , could take many weeks .
10 Even before the eighteenth century there existed various forms of development around the old Chiswick Parish Church of St. Nicholas , such as the first Elizabethan ‘ Burlington Arms ’ ; Vine House ; Pages Yard-Ferry House-Brampton House and the cottages in Fishermen 's Place , also fronting the river , Bedford House ( which included Eynham House ) , Said House and Cottages ; Thames View ; Lingard House ; Red Lion House ; Prospect Cottages also Walpole House , where Barbara Villiers , Lady Castlemain , created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670 , lived in her later years .
11 ACTIVITY 1 15–20 mins Identify a small group of clients , such as the first six people you saw in your last day 's community care , the first six people attending your outpatients ' clinic , or six individuals in a bay in your ward .
12 To do the line justice , it would take up the next six issues , so I intend to show you only some of the more interesting such as the First Class blank Privilege Ticket .
13 Surely there were many which went at a slow tempo , such as the first Beethoven Modlinger Dance I mentioned in my original article , the rapid-fire tattoos of its French horns ensuring a slow pace .
14 In November the same label issues The Damned 's ‘ New Rose ’ , hailed by many as the first true punk single .
15 I looked round for more as the first two flamed near the centre of the Grounds , finally collapsing into the grass , stiff-limbed but twitching , crackling to the breeze .
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