Sentence examples for generally first from inspiring English sources

The Kangchu and coolies who worked in the gambier and pepper plantations were mainly of Teochew origin, and were generally first- or second-generation Chinese immigrants.

NHS maternity services are high-tech and generally first rate.

QUESTION FROM GUEST: "Please respond directly"... "Let me respond generally, first".

Peripheral nerve involvement results in a paralysis ("lead palsy") that generally first affects the fingers, hands, and wrists ("wrist drop").

A publisher told me recently that generally first novels by African-Americans have larger first printings than those by white authors, because they sell better.

Generally first budgets are where governments go their hardest – it represents that sweet spot in the electoral cycle when political capital is high, and courage along with it.

But the string playing was supple and well tuned, the continuo instruments provided a solid foundation, and the horn and trumpet playing was generally first-rate.

The dancers of American Ballet Theater turned in generally first-rate performances of "Swan Lake" on Monday and Wednesday nights at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Adrian Lowcock, head of investing at AXA Wealth, says people starting up in this group are generally first-time entrepreneurs who haven't had previous access to a lump sum to start a business.

The recordings are generally first-rate, and are blissfully free of video gimmicks, voiceover introductions or commentaries, though there are no subtitles or printed texts for the vocal works.

Amy Burton, Christine Brandes, Matthew Chellis, John Rath, Bernard Deletre, Philip Salmon, Michelle Yard and Katharine Goeldner are generally first-rate, and they are armed with music that manages to be flamboyantly original and rigorously well-mannered at the same time.