Sentence examples for looking first and foremost from inspiring English sources

His endorsement by the public employees union was a surprise from a union that had made clear it was looking first and foremost for a winner.

Democrats interviewed as they cast their votes around the nation yesterday echoed the same themes that were heard among party members in New Hampshire and Iowa: that they were looking first and foremost at who could defeat Mr. Bush.

But the attempt at least recognised the need to strengthen our own food security by lessening our reliance on imported foods, and looking first and foremost to what can be grown, or reared, on our doorstep.

"American universities are looking first and foremost for students able to challenge conventional thinking and want to see clear evidence of this above all else in the qualifications and written submissions they receive from university applicants," said Jeremy Lewis of ACS International Schools.

Still, McCain aides said they were making decisions about how to approach Feb. 5 based on what would net them the most delegates, looking first and foremost at a handful of states where the winner gets all the delegates, either statewide or district by district.

They are entrepreneurs as much as investors — they're looking first and foremost to build something great".

As a result, managers may be more likely to look first and foremost after the investors in the funds operated by these firms.

We look, first and foremost, at our client, but if there are issues in the supply chain, we will look at that too.

He looked first and foremost to the national characteristics of western European literatures, and he found the source of these characteristics in the climate and soil of each respective nation.

Maybe it's intuition or I've read something and it's been sinking in over time, but I always look first and foremost at the core behaviors of the human being.

That's because as consumers, we're drawn to the way something looks first and foremost.