firstly

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He had done a superb job at Brentford to, firstly, earn promotion from the Championship and then, crucially, consolidate their position as a Premier League club.

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"He could have firstly called an engineer or called for assistance, but the obvious thing to do would have been to slow the vessel down," he said.

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But for Norman Miller, it is the biggest memory he has of the late Thin White Duke, having put in a plea for him to play Binley Woods Village Hall, firstly in 2014.

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"When I was a kid, my dad was always telling me and my little brothers that we had to be strong, firstly to protect yourself, your family, and your friends," says Ibragim.

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John Clark: Four-cap Scotland international spent more than four decades at Celtic, firstly as a player where he was part of the 'Lisbon Lions' side that won the European Cup.

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