en primer lugar

en primer lugar

firstly

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= firstly, in the first place, in the first instance, first and foremost, first off

Ex. Firstly, there will be an increasing use of new forms of such technology in the provision of information.

Ex. In the first place, the eligible population of the community is the library's public only in a legal sense, certainly not in a substantive socio-psychological sense.

Ex. The latest plan involves placing terminals into doctors' surgeries where they will be used, in the first instance, to report on observed side-effects of prescription drugs.

Ex. First and foremost, readers have to instructed on how to use the sources of information.

Ex. First off, Pat said it wasn't her who complained.

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= firstly, in the first place, in the first instance, first and foremost, first off

Ex: Firstly, there will be an increasing use of new forms of such technology in the provision of information.

Ex: In the first place, the eligible population of the community is the library's public only in a legal sense, certainly not in a substantive socio-psychological sense.

Ex: The latest plan involves placing terminals into doctors' surgeries where they will be used, in the first instance, to report on observed side-effects of prescription drugs.

Ex: First and foremost, readers have to instructed on how to use the sources of information.

Ex: First off, Pat said it wasn't her who complained.