Sentence examples for first and principally from inspiring English sources

He adopts the Stoic view that each person is "first and principally recommended [by nature] to his own care" (TMS 219), and that we similarly care more about members of our own society than about people far away from us (139 40, 227 8).

For example, in 1817, Maclean wrote: In every pestilence, some particular quarter of a town, or even a district, is first and principally affected; whilst the others are attacked, not in regular succession, according to their proximity to that quarter, or to the intercourse of their inhabitants.

Portuguese explorers of the region first encountered Tupians and principally dealt with them for many years.

A co-founder of the Polisario Front (PF), which was committed to fighting first Spain, then Mauritania and principally Morocco for independence for the region, Abdelaziz had also served as president of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) since shortly after its formation in 1976.

A separate section was set aside for "first responders," principally firefighters and police officers.

"Facebook did not start as mobile first or principally mobile and is not included in our numbers".

Finally, the recounts "impinge upon and dilute First Amendment rights," principally the right to vote and the right of political association, the brief asserted.

The first comes principally from Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The telephone, though it became popular with consumers relatively quickly, was first used principally as a business tool.

Certain aspects of his achievement gained prominence for the first time, principally the wide range of his printmaking.

"Our exits analysis focuses on private companies which are mobile first or principally mobile (revenues, users, usage)," Chand explains.