Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant .
2 The newspaper industry was therefore among the first to make use of the development of scientific surveys for measuring opinion .
3 I 've got an idea they 're a Cornish family and that 's why the old lady was here in the first place . ’
4 Recognizing amongst the life-filled Indonesian islands a way of being and mind as alien as it was complementary to Western thought , Wallace 's writings were also amongst the first to gleam with an enlightened futurism .
5 Linford was there for the first time .
6 Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder .
7 Why do you think the body was there in the first place ?
8 So , establishment for staphylococcusorius is often not an important feature because in the majority of infections we 're talking about an endogenous infection , the organism was there in the first place .
9 Young people under RCM care were therefore among the first to qualify for release .
10 Coal-carrying was thus from the first , and has remained both in Britain and on the Continent , one of the basic economic functions of the railway .
11 Croatia , Czechoslovakia , Finland , Hungary , Poland and Slovenia were also among the first countries to recognize Bosnia-Hercegovina .
12 Premier John Major and Japan 's foreign minister were yesterday among the first to remind Clinton of America 's responsibilities .
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