Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the 1980s its lowest ebb was probably during the last years of Stalin 's life when his private office and the secret police seem to have had more influence than the party . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The newspaper industry was therefore among the first to make use of the development of scientific surveys for measuring opinion . |
| 4 | I 've got an idea they 're a Cornish family and that 's why the old lady was here in the first place . ’ |
| 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 | Some brilliant goals from both sides had seen to it that the score was 2-all by the eightieth minute of the match . |
| 8 | Why do you think the body was there in the first place ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 . |