(a.) First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
Example Sentences:
(1) He is also the foremost theorist of the Tijuana-San Diego border in terms of what happens when the urban culture of the developing world collides with that of the developed world.
(2) Foremost among the predisposing factors were measles (25%), empyema thoraxis (17%), and unconsciousness (13%).
(3) Was he being put forward as the foremost literary novelist of his generation, one whose best-known work stands comparison with The Naked and the Dead , Gravity's Rainbow , American Pastoral , Beloved and Underworld ?
(4) The inhibition of the synthesis of cellular macromolecules and of the function of nuclear enzymes points to the fact that it is the nucleus that is first and foremost attacked.
(5) He said: “China is first and foremost a football country.
(6) The diet of pre-school children in this region of Kenya consists foremost of maize and milk.
(7) Over the past 40 years her voice has been marked, first and foremost, by a supreme intellectual confidence, a tone evident from the first line of the first essay (Notes on Camp) that made her name in 1964: "Many things in the world have not been named.
(8) First and foremost, if there are living victims of torture who seek redress from the British government they must be treated with dignity, no matter how long ago those abuses occurred.
(9) Domestic violence is not driven by anger, first and foremost.
(10) He huffed and puffed, gazed at the heavens at times, and at one point he accused the country’s foremost human rights officer of verballing him.
(11) It is suggested that first and foremost in complicated diabetic pregnancy strict normoglycemia should be adhered to prior and all through pregnancy.
(12) "First and foremost I want some sort of apology to me and my family."
(13) Foremost among these is a modification of the cell wall from an undulating structure to one which is smooth and has become enlarged.
(14) We hope there is a post-Commonwealth Games glow with the home nations doing so well, but first and foremost it is an entertainment show."
(15) "A dear friend, and Sweden's foremost foreign correspondent, was gunned down in Kabul today," said Swedish columnist Jenny Nordberg.
(16) The present review is first and foremost a tribute to Monroe Eaton and his colleagues for their trail-blazing discovery of a major cause of the atypical pneumonia syndrome and their steadfast vision of its importance.
(17) Medicine is deeply related to other practical knowledges studying human conduct, foremost of which is Ethics, underlying all medical acts.
(18) Ted Green, Britain's foremost ancient tree expert, said: "Man's passion for ancient trees is boundless, touching all walks of life, professions and classes, and is a continuous thread throughout history.
(19) This sort of description of our patients implies that they are, first and foremost, people, and that their disease is yet another aspect of their inherently complex lives.
(20) But, first and foremost, we need to go to Stamford Bridge and win.
Paramount
Definition:
(a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty.
(n.) The highest or chief.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of our phenotypic and functional testing of unmodified GIC (no enzyme treatment, no additional culture with or without interleukin 2), show that T cells, especially OKT8+ cells, are of paramount importance in the mechanism of this type of acute irreversible rejection of human renal allografts (i.e., to the point of allograft rupture), but other potential effector mechanisms are also present in situ.
(2) mechanisms of quality control, including extensive programs of orientation, inservice, and utilization review, are paramount in achievement of success.
(3) In the Labour party over the past two decades, the leader has become paramount, directing not just his own staff, but Labour headquarters.
(4) Urinalysis, a simple front-line test, is of paramount importance in the evaluation and management of the patient with urinary tract infection.
(5) Since the primary diagnosis of this condition is almost invariably based on cytologic observations, the diagnostic criteria are of paramount importance.
(6) José Manuel Barroso, the re-elected commission chief, stressed that rather than being seen as president of Europe, or Europe's paramount leader, the new post should be confined to the European council, which groups national governments from the member states.
(7) They emphasize that life-time diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma is of paramount importance because rational chemotherapy permits prolongation of the patient's survival.
(8) The paramount feature revealed by immunohistological double marker analyses was the intimate association of myoid cells (antigen producing) with interdigitating reticulum cells (potentially antigen presenting cells), both of which were surrounded by T3+ lymphocytes in thymus medulla.
(9) The latter method is suitable for routine use in renography when accuracy is not of paramount importance.
(10) These preliminary data confirm the paramount importance of cellular immunity in controlling neoplasias.
(11) The use of zinc nitrate is favored if toxicological considerations are paramount, but ninhydrin development has to be carefully controlled if optimal results are to be obtained.
(12) The functional end result is of paramount importance.
(13) The symptoms of anaemia and indigestion appear to be paramount in making an early diagnosis, and negative barium meal studies should not be accepted when these two symptoms are present.
(14) These results might be of paramount significance in developing the detection method for HCV infection and in preparing HCV vaccine.
(15) Correct diagnosis and understanding of its pathogenesis is paramount in order to apply definite surgical treatment.
(16) Regardless of the technique utilized it remains paramount that the surgeon plan the initial procedure with great care as each failure results in diminished blood supply to the graft bed and makes subsequent procedures less likely to succeed.
(17) The work presented here gives a description, analysis and discussion of the effect of organic loading which is a paramount parameter of the performance of RBC's.
(18) The intended application is to assist in treatment selection during phase II trials, especially with rapid responses and when the disease involved is serious enough that design-motivating ethical considerations become paramount.
(19) Although the precise mechanism of thrombosis is incompletely known, the recognition of this type of dementia is of paramount importance as it is a potentially treatable condition.
(20) An understanding of the pathophysiology of anaphylaxis, the most serious of the allergic disorders, is paramount for its diagnosis.