Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without chapter 11 , if a firm were shut down and its assets sold off , the spoils would go first to senior creditors — banks and others that had lent the firm money . |
| 2 | Beta Hi Fi recorders will appear first in the US , this summer . |
| 3 | Such bodies have a very large , almost captive , clientele since many of those buying houses will go first to the bank or building society to arrange to borrow the money to buy the house . |
| 4 | Wilson and Pahl ( 1988 ) report from their case study data on one kin group , that all expected to help relatives find work if they could but there was an understanding that jobs would go first to ‘ direct sons ’ then ‘ direct daughters ’ , followed by brothers , sisters , nephews , nieces . |
| 5 | Invariably , new clauses will come first in the order of business on Report . |