Example sentences of "first [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So seriously indeed did the Residents take themselves that they were unwilling at first even to allow the stationing of subordinate European officers in the districts .
2 We consider first how to reorganize a table to highlight the main features of interest .
3 We must therefore consider first how to determine the symmetry of a vibration , and secondly what the consequences of these symmetry selection rules may be .
4 In characterising the primary eurobond market as an " industry " it is useful first briefly to define the price and the product in question .
5 However Ungermann is the first seriously to use the architecture as a means to provide virtual networks .
6 According to Professor Van de Wetering , the first publicly to criticise the restoration , these discrepancies can all be accounted for by the fact that each of the three investigations were conducted to answer completely different questions .
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