Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book caused Robert Blatchford , editor of the socialist newspaper The Clarion , to write to Mr Carpenter in some concern : economic change had to come first , said Mr Blatchford , and it would therefore be better not to mention sex until after socialism had been achieved . |
| 2 | More detailed recommendations included giving first priority in language teaching to English . |
| 3 | Well I think the answer to that is you 've got to remember this kind of hunting is cooperative and cooperative hunting does rely first of all on having other men to go hunting with you which is , which is important and also or so I 'm told by people like David McKnight and Warren Shapiro an awful lot depends on information , we want to know where the game is , who saw what where , what did they catch you know , was there rainfall over the so and so ranges and so on , and you need to know that information if you 're gon na be an effective hunter and you need good communication with other men . |
| 4 | My theory therefore suggests that bands of young male hominids started to hunt first , while older , dominant males , encumbered with their harems and young , continued the traditional foraging . |
| 5 | However few who die are reckoned fit to enter directly into the presence of God and the vast majority of Roman Catholics expect to go first to Purgatory either on account of dying ‘ in venial sin ’ ( Catechism P. 32 ) or being ‘ indebted to God 's justice on account of mortal sin . ’ |
| 6 | Sapiens International Corp has reported first quarter net profit down 37.9% at $402,000 , on sales up 26.7% to $8.7m . |
| 7 | Robert Wiseman Dairies , the milk processor and distributor which is widely recognised by its distinctive black and white corporate identity , beat rival Yarrow Shipbuilders to take first prize in the category for large manufacturing companies . |
| 8 | Important work had to take first place . |
| 9 | The pre-Classic Maya seem to have first exploited the raised platforms in the swamps by growing crops such as maize only in the dry season ( now February to May ) . |
| 10 | ‘ A lot of other things have to happen first . |
| 11 | Local responses tend to come first and popular pressure is very important , especially since more people belong to environmental pressure groups than to political parties . |
| 12 | There was jubilation that a local team had come first . |