Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] first [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meeting of the chiefs of staff committee in Moscow was the first since the agreement on the structure of the CIS high command , which had been concluded by heads of state at their Moscow summit meeting on July 6 [ see pp. 39017-18 ] . |
| 2 | The impending general election was the first since the launch of the opposition Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party ) [ see p. 37785-86 ] , the consequent foundation of the Communist Refoundation Party ( PRC ) [ see p. 38689 ] , and the rise of a number of regional autonomy parties [ see p. 38021 ] which had scored important successes in local elections . |
| 3 | This was the first that the community of professional scientists had heard about it , and it caused the pair much trouble during the subsequent months as it became clear that several of the claims were wrong . |
| 4 | I had other pet lambs , but Nanny Bateson was the first and the best-remembered . |
| 5 | Published by order of the general meeting of subscribers to the College , London , 1801 , Smith described it as ‘ … a very poor product for seven years ’ work : it was the first and the last' . |
| 6 | Thus , in part , a causal circumstance is such that if it occurred , then even if there also occurred any change logically consistent with it and its effect , the effect occurred — or , it was the first and the effect was the last of a sequence of things such that the given connection obtained between each thing and its successor . |