Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the potential conflicts of interest are to be managed it is best for the business to specify first precisely what form of finance is required . |
| 2 | At this stage the jargon is an obstacle in that anyone wishing to find out about the field has first to interpret the jargon . |
| 3 | The cameras focused on him as he went to the back of the green to kiss first Midge and then Chris . |
| 4 | The Commission believes that the life and witness of the Church depend first and last upon the quality and vitality of its worship , and is convinced of its importance for the future . |
| 5 | I now turn to the adoption minutes of city hall and now it is a process of in that city hall did not endorse a recommendation from the finance panel , the budget that came from finance panel erm so we are in the slightly unusual position of having to debate the proposals of finance panel as we were recommended to do by city hall , erm that means as I understand it that er the chair of city hall will now present the annual budget statement erm and since he is going to do that in a form of an amendment er that seven other unusual features about the way in which we would normally do it which would mean that there would be er a budget statement and where there would then be the the formal proposals and amendments themself , erm so what I would propose is to try and make sure that everybody has , has maximum opportunity to have their say erm because no two amendments can be on the floor at one time er to take what the leader of the council said first of all erm then to allow the other two leaders to present their budget alternatives as it were , without it be , this is just not did n't take it at that point if they do n't want to . |
| 6 | Contains a recent history of the module , with the most recent version of the module shown first . |
| 7 | Contains a recent history of the module , with the most recent version of the module shown first . |
| 8 | One of the main objects of the occasion being to enable the many supporters of the Link to learn first hand from Mr Jim Coffey and his team how the results of their fund raising efforts have provided much needed aid in Romania . |
| 9 | If having one 's voice recorded is considered an honour , invite the important members of the community to speak first . |
| 10 | The overview of the situation comes first . |
| 11 | Then , turning clockwise , with the head turning first , followed a split second later by the body , he raises his back ( right ) foot , all the time glancing over his right shoulder to watch his opponent . |
| 12 | ‘ The message from the Chief came first . |
| 13 | The text is entered directly from the keyboard having first selected its position between the staves with the mouse pointer . |
| 14 | The name ‘ flag ’ may originate from the plant having first been used as a heraldic device by Clovis , king of the Franks in the 5th century . |
| 15 | An order of report interpretation was considered an insufficient explanation by Bryden ( 1967 ) , who continued to find a right ear advantage even when analysing only responses given from the ear reported first , but such an explanation continues to surface from time to time ( e.g. Friedes , 1977 ) . |
| 16 | It was inevitable — and should have been obvious to the kinds of forecasting brains that IBM could afford — that the open systems movement would spread up from the desktop to infect first the minicomputer world and then the mainframe . |
| 17 | It looks very much as if the version in the manuscript came first and Purcell did some polishing before the piece was printed — in the treble clef , of course , with an eye to the market . |
| 18 | FRANK BRUNO has astonishingly leapt ahead of British rival Lennox Lewis in the race to get first crack at the world heavyweight championship . |
| 19 | And there are no collectable power-ups to help you in the battle to shoot first and ask questions of the flaming wreckage later . |
| 20 | Janet Tedstone ( 65 not out ) and Susie Kitson ( 35 ) shared a Test-best ninth-wicket stand of 99 in the rain-affected drawn first Test against New Zealand at Auckland . |
| 21 | Britain 's influence in the world depends first and foremost on the health of her internal economy and the success of her export trade . |
| 22 | Alternatively , you can start a discussion by asking someone just beyond the offender to speak first and then go round the meeting leaving him until last . |
| 23 | It is very useful if , at each node on a path to a goal , the child leading to the goal comes first ( or at least , none of the children preceding it leads to a large subtree ) . |
| 24 | The testator has not regulated the case of the death of the second son childless : the condition on the trust in favour of his brother ( or rather now that brother 's heir ) is not satisfied , since that applied only to the brother to die first , if childless ; nor , since the first did not die childless , is the condition on the trust in favour of the granddaughter satisfied . |
| 25 | IN the recent World Cup , in changing the rules concerning the weather-affected matches , a system which unjustly penalises the side batting second was substituted for one which was usually disadvantageous to the side batting first . |
| 26 | Other factors contributing to the situation include first , the increased reliability of equipment on the market . |
| 27 | The wobbling teacup on the top fell first , the rest followed . |
| 28 | The only comment on the rhododendron came first |
| 29 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 30 | It was a terrific grind with all the work at the College to take first place , and Greek and French to be squeezed in somehow . |