Sentence examples for firstly as a from inspiring English sources

Well, firstly, as a factual matter, there certainly has been a strong resurrection.

They had brought umbrellas, firstly as a gimmick for lifts, but then they had been glad to use them seriously.

Ben was 'born again' firstly as a cockroach and then a frog, gorilla, and finally a budgie.

Pasolini only made 12 feature films in 14 years, firstly as a neorealist harbouring a beef with neorealism.

He has worked with people with disabilities his entire career, firstly as a physiotherapist, then in the NGO world.

Younus dedicated the tournament twice, firstly as "a gift to my nation" but also to the Englishman who committed himself to understanding the Pakistani psyche.

He remained at Cambridge, firstly as a Demonstrator in botany then as a researcher in the Plant Breeding Institute followed by the Department of Geography.

This is Kushlick's subject, having worked firstly as a drug counsellor before going on to help set up Transform, the advocacy and research foundation working to end the global war on drugs and replace it with an effective, humane and just system of regulation and control.

Scarred by her family's disintegration, Rebecca is forced, in the grand American tradition, to reinvent herself: firstly as a young and devoted wife; then, when her husband's violence spirals dangerously out of control and she flees with her son, as a bright, fresh-faced working mother, determined to wipe out every trace of her previous life to ensure her husband can never find her.

Firstly as a result of their strong network effect the leading messaging apps already have a huge global reach.

Firstly, as a social subject, social service organizations require independence and autonomy.