Example sentences of "[noun pl] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Babel ( for BBC2 's Horizon ) had a brilliantly effective opening , giving us those familiar words first in Amharic , intoned by a splendidly arrayed Ethiopian , before supplying the English in voice-over . |
| 2 | Arrange the words first in the most helpful way to begin your analysis . |
| 3 | I 'm I think I 'm talking about the words first of all . |
| 4 | A search for " history of swords " will output anything under both words first , followed by everything under " swords " only . |
| 5 | The man smiled as if intrigued by Corbett , muttering a few words first in Portuguese and then in English . |
| 6 | to test words first with a knife-point |
| 7 | Where the words first or second are entered at [ 2 ] above , insert [ second being unpaid ] or [ first being unpaid ] respectively . |
| 8 | Most of them were good British words first , and you have n't had the sense to keep the best ones , but have left it to us to do that for you . ’ |
| 9 | Do you think you actually look at the words first or the picture first ? |
| 10 | no , no , my Lord I have three applications to make in the light of the evidence given by Mr yesterday and this witness today , er the first is this in terms of this witnesses evidence , I do n't know whether your Lordship appreciated it , but I certainly did in terms of evidence , that in cases of some brochures there were a number of editions , in other words first , second and maybe third edition |
| 11 | Yeah well you got ta decipher the words first before you |
| 12 | A dog will generally give an indication of its intention to bite , by growling and curling its lips first . |
| 13 | Give lipstick staying power by lightly powdering your lips first . |
| 14 | She needed a little experience here in the provinces first , of course , just enough to give her finesse and confidence , not too much so that she became jaded , and then … |
| 15 | I have a memory of walking up the street in this small farm town in up-state New York and buying The Monkees first record when I was five or six years old . |
| 16 | This page : Rap styles first came to the UK via films like Wildstyle and Breakdance , and is now enjoying new interest from Hollywood after the huge US success of Kid N' Play 's House Party ( left ) . |
| 17 | We have encouraged those who introduced local management of schools first to look again at their schools , and to ensure that the right balance exists between the funding of secondary schools and that of primary schools . |
| 18 | The result was that the social results of different forms of education perpetuated the hierarchy of demand — grammar schools first , technical second and secondary modern for the rest . |
| 19 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 20 | There may , of course , have been shorter-term adaptations first to abnormality and then to absence of the cortex on one side . |
| 21 | When computers first appeared in offices in the late 1970s , they were used as glorified typewriters by secretaries . |
| 22 | When computers first reached secondary schools and colleges , many mathematics specialists , like colleagues in physics , welcomed the new horizon and set up computing/IT departments . |
| 23 | Towards the eastern end of the Fontburn Reservoir , the path makes its way out of the woods and heads first south , and then you turn right along the line of the shake holes — natural craters formed by water — eroding limestone . |
| 24 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 25 | well you 've got to snip it first , have n't you , you 've got to fucking snip it with the long hairs first , the old cut throat . |
| 26 | This led the parser to explore the more likely solutions first . |
| 27 | The present system , involving solicitors who ‘ put the interests of their clients first ’ , was being replaced by ‘ a free market which will be a free-for-all among a handful of powerful , profit-motivated instititutions serving the financial interests of their shareholders . ’ |
| 28 | They are under a duty to put the interests of their clients first . |
| 29 | ‘ You see , Roger , ’ Benjamin explained , ‘ the embalmers first slit the corpse open and remove the heart , stomach and entrails . |
| 30 | As to the conflict between consultants ' ethical and contractual obligations , it is surely the case that because of the vulnerability of patients , and to maintain patients ' trust , doctors must always put ethical considerations first . |