Example sentences of "first [conj] [adv] important [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If visiting or entertaining friends is difficult , this is the first and most important problem to be tackled , because maintaining ( or restoring ) this particular activity will do more than almost anything else to keep life in balance . |
| 2 | Its key tenets are : 1 The customer comes first : The first and most important characteristic of total quality is the search continually to meet , and even exceed , the customer 's demands and expectations . |
| 3 | In my case , the first and most important candle stood for the dark forest . |
| 4 | The first and most important consideration is that in the forty years since 9 August 1945 , despite the fact that all the nuclear powers have been involved in wars at one time or another , nuclear weapons have not once been used militarily . |
| 5 | The very first and most important principle to bear in mind when planting a rose or any other shrub or tree is that this is the last opportunity you will have to do anything basic about the soil underneath , where the roots will have to work . |
| 6 | The first and most important question to mull over as you gaze at your patch is : What is this garden for ? |
| 7 | Mrs Banham said : ‘ Stephen is going to miss the best part of his first and most important year of school due to illness with ear infections . ’ |
| 8 | The first and most important change was the general introduction of cash limits . |
| 9 | As husbands and wives , we recognise that our first and most important ministry is to our partner , closely followed by our children . |
| 10 | The first and most important step , therefore , was to give the orders to ensure a lessening of tension in the neck area so that the normal functioning of the Primary Control could be restored . |
| 11 | The first and most important step is to get the baby examined by a doctor , who should check for serious problems such as gastro-oesophageal reflux — acid passing from the stomach up into the gullet ( oesophagus ) , and thus causing pain — or intestinal obstruction . |
| 12 | The first and most important step is to identify the weaving category ( p. 11 ) , because this will automatically preclude those countries which do not produce , for example , nomadic or village rugs . |
| 13 | Whichever method one used , the first and most important step was to formulate objectives , the ‘ what do I want to know , why , and what can I do with the result ? ’ guiding principles for research . |
| 14 | The first and most important reason is that ketamine can readily induce a state of virtual helplessness , within the dose range normally taken by users , to a far greater extent than most other substances of abuse . |
| 15 | The first and most important thing is to talk to your doctor . |
| 16 | The Tower of London was William 's first and most important care and in 1080 he built the stone keep now called the White Tower . |
| 17 | The first and more important reason is that he is likely to be transferred out of Bull within the next few months , along with other chief executives at state-owned companies , when the rightist coalition almost inevitably takes over the government from the Socialist Party after the legislative elections this month . |
| 18 | The first and least important distinction is between local and global sceptical arguments . |