Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the number of police constables that we can have available , would make a big difference to the lives of the very ordinary people , and that 's where we should be looking at first . |
| 2 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 3 | Internal movement within the worst-affected areas should be looked at first . |
| 4 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 5 | Since those warm springs were the principal reason for the existence of Baden in the earliest days , perhaps they should be dealt with first . |
| 6 | But everyone should be fighting for first team places , especially as we are going to Wembley . |
| 7 | The Opposition believe that we should consider alternatives and the ability of magistrates to say that something must be done with first offenders and that an alternative can work . |
| 8 | En- Janice Cairns as Butterfly tries must be received by first post on Wednesday , November 29 . |
| 9 | ( The inspection light must be turned on first and then off , to make the card reader scan . ) |
| 10 | Hobbes 's systematic conception of politics as dependent on ethics and then , via ethics , on physics , means that his natural philosophy must be looked at first and in most detail . |
| 11 | Some time must be found for first thoughts and to allow flashes of private insight . |
| 12 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 13 | Having decided on groupings , a straightforward topic might be tried at first ; I suggest tangrams , or the building of solid models , as a suitable exercise . |
| 14 | What we 'll be doing at first then is just to take an overview of the house , you would n't necessarily get that on an ordinary tour . |
| 15 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 16 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 17 | It suggested that primary education could be reorganised into first and middle schools . |
| 18 | It was commonly accepted , both in Department A and Department B , that final years could be approached by first years for help ; staff were regarded as out of bounds . |
| 19 | An arrestable offence is : ( 1 ) an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law ( murder , treason ) ; ( 2 ) an offence for which a person of 21 or over may be sentenced on first conviction to imprisonment for a term of five years ( This covers common law and statutory offences ) ; ( 3 ) those offences listed in section 24(2) , e.g. Theft Act 1968 ( ss. 12(I) and 25(1) ) ; Sexual Offences Act 1956 ( ss.14 , 22 and 23 ) ) . |
| 20 | With the exception of round carrots , which may be sown in first in pots , and kohl rabi , which is not a true root , all root crops are sown directly into the ground because their tap roots will be misshapen if transplanted . |
| 21 | The maximum number of blocks which can be used may be found by first mounting the media and then issuing the DCL command : — |
| 22 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 23 | There are a few instances , however , when even TNF needs further simplification , and these are looked at in Section 3.8 which may be skipped on first reading . |
| 24 | The War Artists Advisory Committee was set up , not only to stimulate and artistic record of war and related activities , but also to help ensure that at least some of the artists would be saved from First World War carnage . |
| 25 | Nothing important would be lost at first ; maybe nothing important would be lost for years . |
| 26 | In the above two examples , entries would be retrieved under first author and under class-mark . |
| 27 | The four key skills of reading , writing , listening and speaking will be tested at First and Second Level . |
| 28 | The cultivated reader sensed that he was being teased , and reacted accordingly — ‘ Whatever is too original will be hated at first ’ ( De Quincey ) . |
| 29 | Even within this explanatory framework , little useful understanding will be obtained without first studying the problem at many different levels . |
| 30 | Quoting Bertrand Russell 's dictum that if you hold unorthodox opinions in England you will be disregarded at first , persecuted if you persist , but finally canonised if you live long enough , he comments : ‘ having experienced the first two stages , I seem to be approaching the third . ’ |