Batting is one of those things which demand first and foremost a thorough belief in oneself.

That insipid truism can be turned around easily: when it comes so dear, then I demand first-rate intelligence.

He further held that soldiers were first-class dishwashers and should be brave enough to demand first-class dishwashing pay.

While demand first started with toilet paper, it has now spread to pasta, rice, tissues, frozen vegetables and mince.

They behave that way in the wild; the deadlier breeds demand first fruits of the hunt, and the weaker give way.

I demand first that you shall call the people of the northern districts to arms, in support of the disaffected in Sweden.

If any man wants a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes, he does not make his demand first on the shoemaker, or clothier.

HSBC demanded First Franklin buy back the loan, according to court records.

I shall speak to the latter article of your demands first.

Bluff demanded first of all, his suspicions running in the direction of a sneak thief.

It demands first of all 'a transcendent vision of the person', he said in the message.

After Hamilton won in Hungary the curtain fell on a demanding first half of the season.

Photo: Supplied Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra was a well-chosen contrast with the demanding first part of the concert.

This horrific event demands first of all the most thorough and painstaking criminal investigation, conducted by our police and security services.

"He is no preacher, Mr. Laicus," says he; "and our people demand first-rate preaching.

In those days the frontier West demanded first that a man be game, and second that he be one to tie to.