Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] by the first " in BNC.

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1 The ideas of Marx and Engels were introduced by the first International ( 1864–76 ) , which had sections in several Latin American countries .
2 Although Cohen had been successful , the state 's Supreme Court had overturned the result on the grounds that the newspapers were protected by the First Amendment .
3 Born in Slovenia , Bratina trained with the Austrian Olympic gymnastic team before the 1914 games were cancelled by the First World War .
4 Masterpieces by El Greco , Carracci , Murillo and Teniers were secured by the First Duke of Montagu of the second creation and his wife in the mid-eighteenth century , while as Rosamond Savile documents , the celebrated collection of Sèvres was acquired , in an astonishingly short period in 1830–31 , by the Fifth Duke of Buccleuch , who also greatly enriched the holdings of French furniture .
5 DNA types were designated by the first initial of each family surname , and DNA subtypes by the addition of ‘ a ’ or ‘ b ’ ( Table I ) .
6 His novels were praised by the first Earl of Balfour , and were said to have been the favourite reading of Queen Alexandra .
7 but a large group in the party were scarred by the First World War for the rest of their lives .
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