Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] be [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet this field was like every other since the archers had become the terrible force they were ; their part was done first , but nonetheless at the end it was seen to be the determining part . |
| 2 | The volost' party cell and its activities are taken first , before moving to less politically secure organs like the local village Soviets and the Komsomol ( Young Communist League ) . |
| 3 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 4 | These arguments see the client as the organisation , because its needs are considered first . |
| 5 | Her administrations were headed first by the " duumvirs " , Godolphin and Marlborough , and from 1710 by Robert Harley ( soon to be Earl of Oxford ) , none of whom were conventional party men ( although Harley , a former Whig , can essentially be regarded as a Tory by Anne 's reign ) , and her governments often contained men from both sides of the party divide . |
| 6 | His drawings were sold first by Greenwood , auctioneer of Leicester Square , on 16 February 1787 and seven days following . |