Example sentences of "being [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to privilege their own language , to make claims for it which derive from the requirements which brought it into being in the first place . |
| 2 | Examples of the former — recombining existing elements — would be the way this eclecticism in 1960s rock came into being in the first place , formed as it was from disparate sources , including many elements from bourgeois ‘ art music ’ ; or the way rhythmic techniques derived from working-class black American music were combined with other elements in 1920s dance music to signify a kind of safe but exotic , hedonist escapism for a broad grouping of classes in Britain . |
| 3 | I recall being in the first class and er a teacher coming to me , as I were n't paying much attention I think , and to this day I shall remember and never forget , she just folded my arms in front of me and says , Percy , you 're not listening , you 'll have to have a rest . |
| 4 | If we turn the clock back to the beginning of the desktop publishing marketplace in order to trace its development and evolution we first need to establish exactly what desktop publishing was conceived as being in the first place . |
| 5 | Both the Borough and Health Authority have supported the work of ACET in Ealing by being among the first to provide financial support . |
| 6 | A number of authorities in Britain have attempted to devise means of sharing decision-making with neighbourhood groups , Islington and Walsall Councils being among the first to do so . |
| 7 | Seabirds were badly affected , with cormorants and black-necked grebes being among the first to die . |
| 8 | After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit . |