Example sentences of "[noun] was [prep] the [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken was among the first to rush to his bedside in the psychiatric ward of the Middlesex Hospital . |
| 2 | The Council was in the 1970s recruiting a large number of relatively young staff , who saw the job , in the words of one of them , as ‘ a creative experience ’ , engaging in curriculum development , relating to senior academics on the Council 's committees and working with peers in the polytechnics and colleges , generating ideas , disseminating good practice , advising on the planning and monitoring of courses , and in general developing an identity for the CNAA which combined the validation role with access to professional networks , research and advice on evaluation and other processes contingent on the validation relationship . |
| 3 | Herbert Wilcox was among the first to realize the opportunities sound created for British filmmakers . |
| 4 | The North Thameside petroleum traffic was among the first to have its own train crew and dedicated fleet of locomotives . |
| 5 | His verdict on low-alcohol and alcohol-free beer was among the politest gleaned by a vox-pop of South London drinkers . |
| 6 | In China jade was from the first shaped for symbolic rather than industrial ends . |
| 7 | As the trio began mapping out the songs that would fill Kylie 's first album , Stock was among the first to make what was to become a familiar prediction . |
| 8 | The Corporation of Manchester was among the first to build sewers . |
| 9 | Now in a private Japanese collection , it appeared on the art market in Egypt in the 1920s when Howard Carter was among the first to recognise its importance . |
| 10 | Apricot was in the sixth form doing her A levels . |
| 11 | Evans was among the first to recognize that single pillars were treated as idols . |
| 12 | Milton was among the first to suffer from Cromwell 's censors : one of his books was solemnly burned by the public hangman , and two lines were cut from " Paradise Lost " . |
| 13 | G. A. Smith was among the first to give up , going to work with Urban on developing his new colour process ; Haggar retired in 1909 to run his own cinema ; Williamson curtailed the production of dramatic comic films after his standing contract with the UA was cancelled and directed his energies into educational filmmaking to escape ‘ the horrible nightmare of having my business directed by outsiders . ’ |
| 14 | And , for the European case , Mandel was amongst the first to demonstrate the importance of the guest workers to European capital . |
| 15 | Markovic 's new party was among the first to take advantage of the passage by the Federal Chamber of Yugoslavia 's Federal Assembly on July 25 of a law allowing the formation of political parties " of a general Yugoslav character " . |