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How to use the word first in a Sentence? Page #9

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What we are seeing here is definitely telling us something is wrong in those buildings, and it can be that they were n’t designed in line with the code in the first place, or the implementation was n’t designed properly, we are also seeing in Turkey quite commonly that post-occupancy modifications on buildings compromise their structural safety. ! function() {.

Didem Aktas

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1 year ago

We called for assistance but there was no response, especially in the critical first two, three days, we lost a lot of patients because of shortages in medical supplies. If we had those, we could have saved more lives.

Ahmad Alaabd

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1 year ago

Despite years of excellent observations by the Cassini mission, the precise beginning and duration of the spoke season is still unpredictable, rather like predicting the first storm during hurricane season.

Amy Simon

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1 year ago

Any police sergeant watching that video, their first thought is, ‘ My God, where was the supervision and why did they think this was okay, ’.

Greg Umbach

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1 year ago

The first half of the movie is all almost exactly what’s going on here.

Wilson Webb/Netflix Ratner

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1 year ago

Rumors and speculations circulated for a long time that Kim Jong Il’s first son, Kim Jong Nam, or second son, Kim Jong Chol, would be the successor.

Cheong Seong-chang

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1 year ago

A lot of state regulators have big First Amendment fears, no one wants to fund litigation or lose a Supreme Court case over gambling.

John Holden

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1 year ago

Ben has big shoes to fill, i look forward to welcoming him back as a first-rate communicator who’s shown his commitment to public service again and again, and who has a cutting-edge understanding of how Americans consume information.

Joe Biden

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1 year ago

And that’s what it’s all about – protecting the First Amendment and democracy and trying to help people get information.

Evan Lambert

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1 year ago

First I would like to just want to thank God for even just being here, every day, I’m amazed at my experiences could encourage so many others across the country and even across the world.

Damar Hamlin

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1 year ago

I believe in diversity. So it’s not a Black thing. It’s not an African thing. You know, we have to consider all races. But what is more important is the best man for the job, but there’ll be a good level of diversity introduced maybe for the first time.

Ashley Allen/Getty Images Mmobuosi

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1 year ago

I want to thank the first responders, firefighters, police officers, paramedics and the community members who were present at the scene.

Yves Robillard

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1 year ago

We increased our manufacturing output for the first three weeks of January and we’ve kept it at a higher level.

Matt Riley

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1 year ago

London has stood with Kyiv since day one, since the first seconds and minutes of the full-scale war. Great Britain, you extended your helping hand when the world had not yet come to understand how to react.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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1 year ago

It will lead to some disruption and contraction in economic activity, gDP numbers for the first quarter of the year will be affected .

Bismarck Rewane

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1 year ago

GDP numbers for the first quarter of the year will be affected .

The CBN

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1 year ago

First and foremost, it’s a good matchup of good teams, when I was growing up, the game was always lopsided, but that really has n’t been the case for the past 20 years.

Bomani Jones

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1 year ago

We are extremely proud that BRC is one of the very first unions to reach this type of an agreement, this agreement is a significant accomplishment and provides a very important benefit for our members working at CSXT. The other Carrier’s should take note and come to the bargaining table in a similar manner.

Don Grissom

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1 year ago

He has to address that first, everyone has to know what directions they’re going in.

Rief Ehlrich

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1 year ago

It has been a tough year, but at the same time, I feel lucky and blessed, i am thankful she is still with us when other families may not have been so lucky. That she even had a chance at recovery when the first week in the hospital seemed so dim.

Jessica Pegula

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1 year ago

This is a really nice first pass to understand where we have invested a lot of our time and our research efforts and where we can improve.

David Rounce

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1 year ago

I didn’t want to leave my family as much, I wasn’t used to it. Remember, that was the first time I’d ever been out of the country, or out of the south, because I’d been to the States on my own, I think I was maybe a little bit more adventurous in terms of I was willing to take a bit more of a risk and travel and do something different.

Vickie Kidner

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1 year ago

I enjoyed educating the girls and introducing them to my country, couldn’t believe my luck that I got to sit next to two beautiful blondes, and certainly looked forward to seeing them again. I made firm plans to visit before I left them that first day.

The Kidner Family Graham

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1 year ago

Back then Americans, of course, visited, but not like they do now. Now, you know, the Brits and Americans are so used to being together, it’s very similar. Back then it was very different, we were really put under a microscope when we first arrived. But I couldn’t wait for him to come back.

Graham Kidner Vickie

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1 year ago

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