Example sentences of "[conj] [art] first [is] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who believe , or rather , know that the dialectic in its predetermined movement requires the appropriation , by wage-earners and as the outcome of their victory in the class war , of the means of production , and know that it is historically right to be on the side of that movement , will know also that the first is superior . |
| 2 | Comparing the approaches of accommodation theory and variationism , we find that the first is concerned with the pattern of speakers ' behaviour in particular encounters , the second with the overall trends of variability and changing norms within a community . |
| 3 | But the first is possible only for |
| 4 | Sir , The proper name for the Maastricht Treaty is the ‘ Treaty on European Unity ’ , signed at Maastricht on 7th February 1992 ; as John Hudson pointed out ( 6th November ) there are English texts from both the EC and UK government — both available from HMSO , but the first is half the price of the second ! |
| 5 | As far as the first is concerned , without going into statistical details , generally the larger the population the smaller the sample needs to be . |