Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This philosophy was developed first in the seventeenth century and it has become increasingly influential ever since . |
| 3 | The proper procedure is to apply first to the Court of Appeal , but if leave is refused , the application may be renewed before the Appeal Committee within one month of the refusal of leave by the Court of Appeal . |
| 4 | In specifications , the top grid is given first . |
| 5 | I treated a case in a practical class in our school , each bottle of 80 oz injected had 6 oz of Plastopake 25 index , 6 oz of Metasyn Jaundice fluid , 6 oz of Dispray , 2 oz of Rectifiant water conditioner plus a co-injection fluid of 2 oz — a saline flush was used first ( about 160 oz ) and then injection started . |
| 6 | One has to remember that well into the nineteenth century British identity was predicated first of all of the English . |
| 7 | In the first condition of the experiment the laterally displaced stimulus was presented first followed by the central stimulus second . |
| 8 | Inside the bracket the symbol of the central atom is placed first . |
| 9 | His slender figure was plunged first into light then into shadow as he passed before the slitted windows . |
| 10 | The clean outline of the rectangular Central Court was established first and the sanctuary suites aggregated round it . |
| 11 | Given that a male in the operations department is required who is able to speak Italian , the male list is scanned first . |
| 12 | The first point which arises from this division is the necessary implication that ordinary treatment be provided first . |
| 13 | Country has doubled its share of record sales in America , to 16.5% , since 1990 ; its star performers are some of the hottest names in pop ; and radio stations playing non-stop country are ranked first or second in an astonishing 70% of America 's top 100 radio markets . |
| 14 | Typically , a rich picture is constructed first by putting the name of the organisation that is the concern of the analyst into a large ‘ bubble ’ , perhaps at the centre of the page . |
| 15 | Gennady Burbulis was named first Deputy Prime Minister . |
| 16 | Not all alternatives are looked at , rather those most familiar to decision-makers or deviating least from existing practice are examined first , in order to cut down the information and transition costs associated with more radical changes . |
| 17 | An alternative method is to derive first the energy of a circuit ( or circuits ) and then use the principle of virtual work to find the force . |
| 18 | In cases of PRA , the dog 's vision fails progressively , with peripheral vision being affected first . |
| 19 | The existence of natural selection as a causal agency is evidenced first ; then its adequacy to produce new species from old is argued by analogy from the ability of artificial selection , although much less precise and prolonged , to produce domestic races . |
| 20 | It can be painted directly on to a surface that is rusty , as long as all the loose rust is removed first . |
| 21 | The smaller man was hit first , and then the taller man had seemed to move across to him , and then he had been hit . |
| 22 | Considerable effort was spent first on locating the appropriate soap powder and the pharmaceutical glycerine , and then on experimenting with proportionate mixtures and blowing techniques for producing the strongest bubbles . |
| 23 | Five is to the north of Killinghall and you 'll see from the table attached , table two that er prior to the opening of the phase one of the bypasses , it was opened in two phases between the A sixty one and the six six one in the southern half was opened first . |
| 24 | While FIFO corresponds most closely to the way in which firms actually use their inventories ( i.e. the oldest stock is used first ) and corresponds to the actual cost paid for inventories , it ignores the fact that to replace the inventories now costs a great deal more . |
| 25 | The outer , harder sole is moulded first and the second , shock-absorbing layer is added to it . |
| 26 | Communal overexploitation was averted first because of inter-personal face-to-face relationships involved in the design and implementation of forest preservation by a small community where enforcement and the meting out of punishments was a matter for the forest users themselves ; second , because of the existence of a special interest group ( carpenters ) ; and third , the shared and fierce desire of the people to remain as independent of outside influence and control as possible ( p. 434 ) . |
| 27 | The simplest case of a single stream is considered first . |
| 28 | Secondly , decisions about which particular application is completed first lie within the user department . |
| 29 | In the school , the fiction section of the lower school was catalogued first . |
| 30 | In Sacred Heart School , the non-fiction section of the lower school was catalogued first and subject codes were assigned to each item . |