Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] [vb -s] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases , no specific product is mentioned , but a key aspect of the organization 's marketing policy is referred to eg ‘ We 'll Take More Care of You … ’ or ‘ Shop at X , where the customer comes first … |
| 2 | New Yorkers will tell you that the surname comes first on the cabbie 's ID . |
| 3 | ( This is not to deny that the members of the class resemble one another — they must — but only that the resemblance comes first , and so can be the ‘ ground ’ of the class . ) |
| 4 | T.R. Shipping believed in the motto that the customer comes first . |
| 5 | An audio-tape recording in which the exercises are described can be a useful adjunct to teaching the patient this method , provided the therapist has first demonstrated the procedure to the patient , and the technique has been learned adequately . |
| 6 | The team needs you , Gowie , and the team comes first with me . |
| 7 | A captain goes last on to his ship , but a man goes first into a tricky situation . |
| 8 | Some say that hunting in old burned-over sites when the oak leaves first appear is a good and fruitful strategy , but others insist that morels are best collected in old apple orchards at the time when the lilacs bloom . |
| 9 | Some of the archers thought that if the competition were restricted to longbows it would die out but , after a decrease when the steel bows first appeared , the number of longbows at the Scorton shoot is steadily increasing . |