Sentence examples for absence first of all from inspiring English sources

The absence, first of all, of my neighbors, almost all of whom are under a mandatory evacuation order.

Stealers Wheel – Stuck In the Middle With You Sourpus took us to task over this absence: "First of all, your list contains too much Madonna – three tracks too many in fact.

First of all, the absence of moving parts allows a better integration.

The fault is not with that amorphous entity but, first of all, with the absence of robust technology policy on the left – a policy that can counter the pro-innovation, pro-disruption, pro-privatisation agenda of Silicon Valley.

First of all, in the absence of nitrogen overpressure, the silicon nitride dissociation begins above 1900 °C, and secondly, a large amount of liquid which later becomes the glass phase may reduce high-temperature properties of silicon nitride [1].

First of all, bank regulation is important even in the absence of bailouts.

First of all, a possible relationship between attitudes and sickness absence is interesting in its own right.

First of all, I am terribly sorry for such an (extremely) long absence.

First of all, the ground-state energy gap is an important indicator which characterizes the presence or absence of criticality in the model.

First of all: Heh.

G.K. First of all: Ew.