Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it soon seemed natural for one man to be held first among equals ; or the first prominent convert in a city , like Stephanas at Corinth ( 1 Cor. 16 : 15–16 ) , might form a community round his household . |
| 32 | Some parties had called for a national multiparty conference to be held first . |
| 33 | In the happier situation where the assets are sufficient , s. 44(b) provides that debts and liabilities to persons outside the partnership are to be settled first : partners ' loans should then be repaid ; thereafter , partners ' capital contributions and finally any surplus assets should be distributed among the partners in the same proportions as they are entitled to take a share in the profits . |
| 34 | Italy might be considered an unlikely candidate for EMU because of its chronic budget deficit , which would have to be reformed first . |
| 35 | The only relief is from being constantly carried and even then the relief may not last or they will want to be carried first by one parent and then the other . |
| 36 | ‘ There are one or two forms to be signed first … ’ |
| 37 | You need to be washed first . |
| 38 | The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of Jewish beastliness ( why could n't they have waited to be attacked first , like gents ? ) , including what someone euphemistically described as the ‘ re-unification ’ of Jerusalem . |
| 39 | Some have to be loaded first , others last and just a few , Ready ! is an example , could n't care less . |
| 40 | But other measures need to be taken first . |
| 41 | Paskevich wanted to cross the Araxes without further ado and move on Tabriz and Tehran , whereas Ermolov believed that the fortress of Erevan had to be taken first . |
| 42 | ‘ For 25 minutes it was difficult to see who was going to be exhausted first , ’ said David , 36 , Caithness SAA secretary . |
| 43 | A diagnosis of psychosomatic illness or hypochondria is very largely a diagnosis of exclusion — it requires all other possibilities to be excluded first . |
| 44 | Dover was to be captured first , then Rochester , the invaders seizing its naval stores and ships ; its occupation would , James believed , discourage the English seamen whose homes and families were there from further resistance . |
| 45 | The principle which would have to be established first of all is that each person in the world ( all those aged 21 or over , suggests Dr Grubb ) would have an equal share in man-made carbon dioxide emissions , regardless of whether he lived in a rich developed country or a poor one which produced hardly any carbon dioxide at all . |
| 46 | The phrenologists of Manchester originated a comprehensive plan of secular education : to be established first in their own area and then throughout the nation . |
| 47 | It will incorporate the functionality of Windows for Workgroups , and will include its own native 32-bit file system and device drivers integrated with a Windows kernel so that it will not technically require MS-DOS to run , although it may be packaged so that MS-DOS 7.0 , which will also include the 32-bit features , has to be installed first . |
| 48 | It will incorporate the functionality of Windows for Workgroups , and will include its own native 32-bit file system and device drivers integrated with a Windows kernel so that it will not technically require MS-DOS to run , although it may be packaged so that MS-DOS 7.0 , which will also include the 32-bit features , has to be installed first . |
| 49 | For 1994 the Barber Institute is scheduling one on the ‘ Harvest wagon ’ by Gainsborough , to be shown first in Birmingham , then Toronto , which owns the other version ’ . |
| 50 | I submit that there are logistical , financial , and indeed ethical questions to be addressed first . |
| 51 | In each case the greatest threat needs to be addressed first and where two or more addictions are equally strong , then each needs to be treated with equivalent concern . |
| 52 | So that erm if we 're talking to parents , for example , about being assertive , we know that very often the feelings behind their inability to be assertive need to be addressed first of all and then the skills that they may want to acquire will fit in with erm a different quality erm of where it 's emanating from in them as a person . |
| 53 | In this case the seller will probably require some statement of the efforts that the acquirer will take to collect the debts , provision for unallocated payments received from debtors to be attributed first to pre-completion obligations , and a right to take over the enforcement of debts which are not collected within a period of , say , six months . |