Example sentences of "[adj] consider first " in BNC.
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1 | To understand the behaviour of polymers in solution more fully , a knowledge of the enthalpic and entropic contributions to ΔG M is essential , and it is instructive to consider first mixtures of small molecules , to establish some fundamental rules concerning ideal and non-ideal behaviour . |
2 | It is instructive to consider first the related but more readily understood process of the mixing of a scalar contaminant . |
3 | Before examining any of those authorities , I think it appropriate to consider first what the statute on its face appears to require . |
4 | ‘ It is convenient to consider first whether the judge was correct in holding that the husband , whatever else he may have done , was not acting as agent for the bank for the purposes of procuring the signature of the wife to the charge . |
5 | Since the records of her life are fragmentary and , in some cases , contradictory , it is necessary to consider first the character of Brackley and its neighbouring communities as the background to her life and poetry . |