Example sentences of "can be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 The integrand can be expanded to first order in : .
2 But none of the promises can be fulfilled without first a child being born , or , to be more precise in Abraham 's patriarchal world , a son .
3 If there is a significant urethritis , this can be adduced by first sample can be spun down and the solid matter can be stained and microscopically examined .
4 One exception to this requirement is when a view to the front can be obtained without first looking through the windscreen .
5 The cotton can be fixed by first coating the board with glue size or a coat of PVA glue .
6 Only after Dirac had predicted that there must be positrons as well as electrons ( verified in 1932 ) did he and others set out to see whether the charge and the mass of an electron can be derived from first principles .
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