Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 16 two white mine officials were killed in clashes at the nearby President Steyn gold mine , where black miners had been dismissed after first being attacked by their white colleagues for wearing ANC emblems . |
| 2 | Simon Robson has long been regarded as first eleven material , while Stedman has bowled with some success in his slower mode . |
| 3 | While notes 3 and 5 in the series of fourths are omitted at first , they later form a chord themselves , joined by note 11 ( note 10 being omitted ) . |
| 4 | Shipments of products to the standards are expected in first half 1994 . |
| 5 | New acts are attracted by First Division managers because we are visible and our addresses are in Music Week . |
| 6 | The conceptual hotch-potch of the traditional curriculum , based on subjects which are a random assortment of content-based , concept-based , skill-based and moral-based collections of ideas ( whose confusing absurdity is in part exemplified by the NCC 's cross-curricular skills which are exactly the same as the curricular subjects ) has never been designed from first principles to do the basic job of a curriculum , which is to help achieve aims in the most effective and efficient way . |
| 7 | If the person has been prepared for First Communion by being helped to develop a sense of belonging with others who believe , by being helped to develop a sense of the sacred , and by being helped to develop a sense of the presence of Jesus , and a desire to be in communion with Him and in communion with the others present , the experience of First Communion will be rich and powerful . |
| 8 | And , ironically , both opportunities to manage Glentoran Seconds have been presented by first team boss Robert Strain . |
| 9 | One would expect that , all things being equal , clinical priorities would determine that the most serious cases are operated upon first , with broader and broader indications being accepted as funding becomes more widely available . |
| 10 | Even gentle exercises , such as Yoga , can put tremendous stress on the body if they are done without first dealing with the fundamental issues of end-gaining and faulty sensory perception . |
| 11 | Mr Major has said privately that he does not believe it is necessary to follow the Taylor recommendations to the letter , but he will insist that the changes are made for First and Second Division clubs . |
| 12 | All instruments are made by first pulling gradually tapered needles which are subsequently modified to produce the requisite implement . |
| 13 | Variceal haemorrhage in cirrhotic patients carries high early mortality ranging from 31.6 to 63.3% , even when balloon tamponade , drugs or emergency sclerotherapy are used as first line treatment . |
| 14 | Example 58 , from Handel 's Messiah , is an early but outstanding example of a powerful accompaniment based on three rhythmic elements : Two elements only are used at first , the ‘ chord ’ rhythm of the upbeat quaver chord at the end of each bar , with its resolution on the first beat of the next bar , and then the higher quaver and semiquaver rhythm . |
| 15 | Where combined schools exist , usually in areas where primary and secondary schools have been replaced by first , middle and high schools and whole first and middle schools are occasionally run into a single ( combined school ) organization , there is some continuity of teacher programming from the age of 5 through to 12 years . |
| 16 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 17 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 18 | The door appears to have been entered at first floor level . |
| 19 | The flying winger has already been linked with First Division and Scottish clubs , following a string of excellent performances for the Boro . |
| 20 | The cultivated reader sensed that he was being teased , and reacted accordingly — ‘ Whatever is too original will be hated at first ’ ( De Quincey ) . |
| 21 | En- Janice Cairns as Butterfly tries must be received by first post on Wednesday , November 29 . |
| 22 | The aim of this book is to create a broad , multidisciplinary framework for thinking about what students are taught and ought to be taught on first degree courses . |
| 23 | It suggested that primary education could be reorganised into first and middle schools . |
| 24 | It was commonly accepted , both in Department A and Department B , that final years could be approached by first years for help ; staff were regarded as out of bounds . |
| 25 | So there 's me like I 'm sat in first lesson we have P E last lesson sat in the first lesson and I 'm th , I 've thought God my bra strap feels really lose ! |
| 26 | Internal movement within the worst-affected areas should be looked at first . |
| 27 | Hobbes 's systematic conception of politics as dependent on ethics and then , via ethics , on physics , means that his natural philosophy must be looked at first and in most detail . |
| 28 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 29 | In medical books one can anticipate that a description of a disease will be decomposed into first a subsection on the etiology , then a subsection on the diagnostic signs , then a subsection on the treatment , and finally a subsection about prognosis . |
| 30 | The concept of a failure rate of over 25% in the First Division has raised objections from those who understand that an omelette can not be made without first breaking some eggs but would rather not run the risk of being dairy produce . |