Example sentences of "first and [adj] an " in BNC.
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1 | One very obvious but important observation is that a pub is first and foremost an interior . |
2 | Conran is first and foremost an entrepreneur , who lives up magnificently to his own definition of what such a person should be : someone who takes risks after carefully assessing the opportunities available to him . |
3 | South Cave was first and foremost an agricultural settlement . |
4 | However , it requires some skill to devise a service which is relevant to a varied congregation and yet remains first and foremost an act of worship . |
5 | The driving mirror is first and foremost an image : a self-reflexive representation or , in psychoanalytic terms , a narcissistic identification . |
6 | His was the discipline and the drive of the scientist ; Lear was first and foremost an artist . |
7 | The opera is first and foremost an evocation of genius loci , and subsequently a gallery of types and humours . |