Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Construction of this was begun in the first half of the sixteenth century by the Donatory Captain Simão Gonçalves da Câmara . |
| 2 | This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime . |
| 3 | This was seen in the first five patients treated , by serial cholangiographies through indwelling nasobiliary catheters . |
| 4 | This was inspired by the first Renaissance programme in 1943 in which leading business interests in Pittsburgh took the initiative to forge a partnership with city government to address three critical problems of the time : air pollution , flooding , physical dereliction . |
| 5 | Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent . |
| 6 | This was shown by the first major DHAC protest following the 5 October 1968 demonstration , when the committee supported an NILP delegation to the council on the housing issue . |
| 7 | The second was added to the first , over the cheek and lower jaw , to give a further stage of disintegration . |
| 8 | These were situated on the first floor of the Pavillon de Flore which formed the angle of the Tuileries palace with the Quays and the Seine . |
| 9 | Since in North Rhine-Westphalia the SPD won 38 constituency seats , it was entitled to 24 additional members and these were supplied by the first 24 available candidates on its list . |
| 10 | Eventually three were chosen for the first investigation — the products of Bacillus subtilis , Pseudomonas pyocyanea , and Penicillium notatum . |
| 11 | But the England international was sidelined for the first 24 games of the current campaign with a stress fracture of the foot . |
| 12 | Last year foxes were unusually abundant and 27 were shot during the first week of lambing . |
| 13 | Finally , the punitive powers of the ‘ Kleisthenic ’ council of 500 were defined for the first time . |
| 14 | The moods and emotions of each were expressed in the first three movements . |
| 15 | In voting for councillors , 38,946 were elected on the first round out of the total of 40,178 , with the NSF winning 15,670 seats ( 40.24 per cent ) , the Democratic Convention 8,088 ( 20.77 per cent ) , the ADP 4,532 ( 11.64 per cent ) , the HDUR 2,606 ( 6.69 per cent ) , independents 2,425 ( 6.23 per cent ) , and the RNUP 1,508 ( 3.87 per cent ) . |
| 16 | Three hundred were sold in the first two days . |
| 17 | Two Swiss Red Cross workers taken hostage in Lebanon in October 1989 were released in the first half of August . |
| 18 | A second self expanding stent was inserted into the first stent in each case without longterm success , as obstruction occurred again after three months in both . |