The phrase "a first working" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are referring to an initial version or prototype of something, but it is better to clarify the meaning.
Example: "We have completed a first working of the software, and now we need to test its functionality."
Alternatives: "an initial version" or "a preliminary draft".
In parallel, we are working on the assembly and annotation of a first working draft of the N. furzeri genome sequence which will be available in the near future.
This computation is a challenging open-problem and this paper provides a first working approach along with the methodology for a generic implementation framework.
In a guest appearance, a maestro shows up for a first working session on a Tuesday morning, leads another rehearsal or two on Wednesday, and leaves Saturday night, right after the concert.
Last week they produced a first "working paper", which turned out to be a collection of press-clippings cataloguing the general perplexity with which their "search for an idea" had been met.
As a first working hypothesis, and following results of previous studies, we assume that Zn uptake by plants growing in the permafrost environment is essentially controlled by Zn availability in the frozen soil.
In order to determine this, the entrepreneur will have to make vast assumptions about how much time it will take to get key scientific results such as a proof or principle or a first working prototype.
But they offer different kinds of remedies: one suggests starting off with recruiting legal firms, another specialising in certain kinds of legal work, and a third working with a professional organisation.Mentors usually do not get paid, but they seem to enjoy the experience.
I am now working two jobs possibly a third working 60-70hrs a week just so I can do my project, [working] with a small town in Iceland bringing contemporary art to a very remote region".
I know of one Middlebury student who spent a third of her gap year working at a monastery in North Dakota, a third working for a judge in Oklahoma, and the final third working in an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, all activities that she found on her own.
A 2015 survey by NUS Services on behalf of Endsleigh found that 77% of students work to fund their studies, with 63% having a part-time job and a third working during the term.
The majority work part-time and more are self-employed than among younger workers, with nearly a third working for themselves, the latest figures show.
