Example sentences of "[noun] was [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 Linford was there for the first time .
5 Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder .
6 Why do you think the body was there in the first place ?
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 They were undoubtedly used by the employers , and the strike was seized as a chance to bring them in — but it should be firmly stated here , since it is usually glossed over , that the damage to the strikers " cause was not for the first time , the result of actions by other men .
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