Example sentences of "necessary [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order for this court to have proper regard to article 10 , it is necessary to state first what test is to be applied . |
| 2 | But to understand the substantive provisions it is necessary to look first at certain definitions in section 94 . |
| 3 | Since the records of her life are fragmentary and , in some cases , contradictory , it is necessary to consider first the character of Brackley and its neighbouring communities as the background to her life and poetry . |
| 4 | Again , there is heavy reliance on the deputy or deputies , on one or two other experienced or senior staff and on the capacity of one or more of the governors not only to understand , to discuss and if necessary to change first ideas without bloodshed but also to explain the professional side to their lay colleagues . |
| 5 | At the beginning of this century he joined the rather weird religious sect known as the Khlist , which cleaved to the belief that in order to receive absolution it was necessary to sin first . |