Example sentences of "[vb pp] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I submit that there are logistical , financial , and indeed ethical questions to be addressed first . |
| 2 | In this way they may indicate a preference as to which particular difficulty will be addressed first . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The first group contains a wave singly scattered by the adatom , denoted as , and all the waves doubly scattered first by the adatom and then by a substrate atom , denoted as as , i , where i is a substrate atom near the adatom , and the summation is over all the doubly scattered waves with sufficient large amplitudes . |
| 6 | The second group consists of all the waves doubly scattered first by a substrate atom and then by the adatom , denoted as , and all the multiply scattered waves involving the adatom at least once , denoted as , as shown in Fig. 1 b . |
| 7 | Since gaining independence within the Commonwealth ( as an " independent sovereign state " from 1963 and as a republic from 1967 ) , Uganda has been ruled by regimes dominated first by Milton Obote ( 1962-71 ) and then by Idi Amin ( 1971-79 ) ; Obote was re-elected as President in 1980 in the aftermath of the Tanzanian backed overthrow of Amin the previous year , but was himself overthrown in 1985 . |
| 8 | According to its provisions , Napoleon , if he left no direct heir , would be succeeded first by his brother Joseph , then by his brother Louis . |
| 9 | If everything we attempted succeeded first time , what challenges would be left ? |
| 10 | He died 5 January 1737 , ‘ suddenly , of a fit of apoplexy , as he was sitting in his chair at his house in Bartlett 's Buildings , Holborn ’ , and was succeeded first by his son Erasmus [ q.v. ] , the author of several treatises on economics , and then by a younger son , John , ‘ a notorious Jacobite ’ . |
| 11 | Both hulls were flooded , the water driving backwards and forwards across the saloon deck as the waves lifted first one hull , then the other . |
| 12 | Communal overexploitation was averted first because of inter-personal face-to-face relationships involved in the design and implementation of forest preservation by a small community where enforcement and the meting out of punishments was a matter for the forest users themselves ; second , because of the existence of a special interest group ( carpenters ) ; and third , the shared and fierce desire of the people to remain as independent of outside influence and control as possible ( p. 434 ) . |
| 13 | Arrow Electronics Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 94% at $18m , on turnover up 45.6% to $551.4m . |
| 14 | Autotrol Corp has reported first quarter net profit up 35.6% at $626,315 , on turnover down 4.2% to $8.4m . |
| 15 | Cognex Corp has reported first quarter net profit down 0.7% at $2.1m , on turnover that rose 13.8% to $8.8m . |
| 16 | Cognitronics Corp has reported first quarter net losses of $379,000 against profits of $602,000 last time , after $471,000 charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change and $283,000 losses from discontinued operations this time and $45,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover up 19.8% to $5.1m . |
| 17 | Filenet Corp has reported first quarter net profit down 88.2% at $237,000 , on turnover that rose 0.02% to $34.7m . |
| 18 | Alpharel Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 385.2% at $296,000 , on turnover up 38.4% to $1.9m . |
| 19 | CrossCom Corp has reported first quarter net profit up 155.9% at $1m , on turnover that rose by 66.3% to $9.9m . |
| 20 | Computer Products Inc has reported first quarter net profit of $2.8m , after $2.3m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , against losses of $439,000 last time , on turnover up 8.3% to $28.7m . |
| 21 | Babbage 's Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 107.7% at $538,000 , on turnover up 24.4% to $46.3m . |
| 22 | MilTope Group Inc has reported first quarter net profit down 29.2% at $730,000 , on sales down 31.2% to $20.2m . |
| 23 | Superconductor Technologies Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $207,000 down from losses of $656,000 last time , on turnover up 83% to $1.5m . |
| 24 | Rogers Communications Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 1,037.1% at $35.5m , after $42.7m gains from the sale of stock , on turnover up 14.7% to $242.5m . |
| 25 | TeleGlobe Inc has reported first quarter net profit of $9.8m against losses of $4.5m last time , after $7m non-recurring charges last time , on turnover up 25.7% to $112.9m . |
| 26 | Sapiens International Corp has reported first quarter net profit down 37.9% at $402,000 , on sales up 26.7% to $8.7m . |
| 27 | Unisys Corp has reported first quarter net profits up 439% at $206m after a net gain of $230.2m from the net effect of two accounting changes , and a charge of $26.4m from the settlement with Honeywell Inc on Sperry Aerospace . |
| 28 | Net earnings per share fell 68% to $0.66 in the year.OIS Optical Imaging Systems Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $907,294 down from losses of $1.8m last time , on turnover up 79.3% to $1.8m . |
| 29 | Advanced Magnetics Inc has reported first quarter net profit down 78.1% at $50,720m , after $70,500 tax credits last time , on turnover down 3.5% to $2.5m . |
| 30 | Recognition Equipment Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 96.2% at $616,000 , on turnover up 17.5% to $49m . |