Example sentences of "to consider first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the records of her life are fragmentary and , in some cases , contradictory , it is necessary to consider first the character of Brackley and its neighbouring communities as the background to her life and poetry . |
| 2 | Perhaps the best way to approach the interview is to consider first what stage the research has reached . |
| 3 | In terms of priorities , the client was advised to consider first the changes required to reflect the responsibilities that would be assumed from April 1st 1990 , accepting that , in the longer term , further changes would be needed as a result of management information and computer system developments , and to improve cost control and income-generating activities . |
| 4 | The process of decomposing system models mirrored the requirement to consider first the overall effect of the Act on functional groupings and structures , then to examine responsibilities and tasks in some detail , ie taking a top-down approach that was initially unconstrained by existing factors but progressively took them into account . |
| 5 | ‘ It is convenient to consider first whether the judge was correct in holding that the husband , whatever else he may have done , was not acting as agent for the bank for the purposes of procuring the signature of the wife to the charge . |
| 6 | Before examining any of those authorities , I think it appropriate to consider first what the statute on its face appears to require . |
| 7 | To understand the behaviour of polymers in solution more fully , a knowledge of the enthalpic and entropic contributions to ΔG M is essential , and it is instructive to consider first mixtures of small molecules , to establish some fundamental rules concerning ideal and non-ideal behaviour . |
| 8 | It is instructive to consider first the related but more readily understood process of the mixing of a scalar contaminant . |