Sentence examples for first or foremost from inspiring English sources

It's not first or foremost that rights "make politics possible," enabling government programs, regulations, subsidies, and wealth redistribution.

A half-century ago, Mr. Kameny was either first or foremost — often both — in publicly advocating the propositions that there were homosexuals throughout the population, that they were not mentally ill, and that there was neither reason nor justification for the many forms of discrimination prevalent against them.

Whatever pride of place religion may have enjoyed during the founding era, the assumption that the written order of the Bill of Rights alone makes religious freedom "first" or "foremost" in terms of significance has not been universally shared since that time.

An example of such a task is "When making a choice, do you first or foremost consider what you want, what will make you happy, or do you consider what is best for you and the people around you?", which was set by Tokyo Gakugei University.

Although cancers appear less common in minority ethnic groups, cancer is the foremost or second most common cause of death across virtually all populations (Bhopal and Rankin, 1996).

And the damning question we have to ask is whether the doctor is set up to meet the needs of the patient, first and foremost, or to maximize revenue.

While Baker deals with the business of weed, it is a software company first and foremost -- or what some have termed in this new world, a "canna-tech" enterprise.

I think they wanted a French restaurant first and foremost, or they wanted a French-American restaurant for that matter.

And finally, the hallowed medical dictum "Do no harm" is now seen to include the possible harm of keeping patients alive and suffering longer than nature, their God, or first and foremost whatever they might want for themselves.

Maybe I'm a "non-ideological pragmatist" focusing not on some political, psycho-social or economic agenda or ideology first and foremost, but "what works to serve People" foremost.

We are Christians first and foremost, then Americans or British or Japanese or...