Example sentences of "[adv] as [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Researchers always warn ‘ beginner ’ researchers of the dangers of being tempted into data analysis prematurely , eg as the first flow of questionnaires returning slows . |
| 2 | To many geographers the general statistical tendencies revealed above do not explain anything , and the use of industrial structure in this context is seen only as a first step in the analysis of spatial change . |
| 3 | On the other side of the energy account book is the surface energy , 2 G.l , which is needed to form the new surfaces and clearly this increases only as the first power of the depth of the crack . |
| 4 | Thus as a first approximation ( but see below ) , now can be glossed as " the time at which the speaker is producing the utterance containing now " . |
| 5 | But hard graft is rewarded at St James ' Park tonight as the First Division leaders pursue a £1 million bonus . |
| 6 | A BRITISH general was named yesterday as the first commander of Nato 's new Allied Rapid Reaction Corps , heading about 80,000 troops from 11 countries . |
| 7 | There was one bright spot yesterday as the first car rolled off Toyota 's new production line in Derbyshire . |
| 8 | YET he was caught completely unawares as the first recipient of the Barclay 's Eagle Trophy and a £1,000 cheque . |
| 9 | Although the qualification was very much sought after in the beginning with the burgeoning of more centres running it up and down the country , the trainees soon realised that in spite of the skills they gained , the diploma was not recognised by the DES even as a first stage towards further accreditation . |
| 10 | The implications are depressingly apparent in a study by Roberta Steinbacher and Helen B. Holmes which shows that young North American men and women who consider themselves sensitive to female inequality , would still choose to have male babies , at least as a first choice if sex-predetermination or sex determination with IVF would allow prospective parents in Western countries the opportunity to choose a preferred sex without the stigma that would be attached to using selective abortion . |