Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] one [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he started making enquiries into the Josephs ’ business affairs in France you were obviously one of the first people he 'd ask . |
| 2 | They were also one of the first bands to sample . ’ |
| 3 | Aware of Joyce 's work throughout its progress , Samuel Beckett was naturally one of the first to recognize the significance of its ‘ autonomy of language ’ . |
| 4 | Ethel , with her good looks , height and dancing standards , was naturally one of the first to be sent across . |
| 5 | She was usually one of the first in . |
| 6 | It was still one of the first clear successes for the British antinuclear campaigners . |
| 7 | He was probably one of the first to discover the principle of electrotyping by depositing copper electrolytically on to an engraved copper plate , but , as with many of his other inventions and discoveries , he failed to take out a patent and most of the benefits were reaped by others . |
| 8 | He was also one of the first members of the British Deaf Association when that was formed in 1890 . |
| 9 | He was also one of the first to insist that the discovery of the root cause of a problem is an essential first stage in the achievement of a cure . |
| 10 | Although this interest in pseudo-historical connections was Morgan 's primary concern , he was also one of the first anthropologists to understand that the names used to designate relatives are not simply determined by linguistic rules without reference to social factors ; kinship terms have an important social dimension , since relatives grouped together and called by the same term exhibit , at least in certain respects , shared patterns of behaviour . |
| 11 | He was also one of the first County Advisers to persuade his authority that the impact of original works of art on children was very valuable , and so every year a sum was allotted to buy paintings , drawings , and even pieces of small sculpture , as well as lithographs and engravings , to be used in the schools themselves . |
| 12 | His slightly later work on the influence of alcohol and caffeine on fatigue was also one of the first experiments to rely on a ‘ double-blind procedure ’ . |
| 13 | Bunyan was now one of the first Nonconformists to be arrested for preaching illegally . |
| 14 | The first he knew that something was up was when one of the first arrivals had suddenly tripped and fallen in the undergrowth , cursing softly as he did so , only a few yards from the hide . |