Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] was the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its declarations required Catholic scholars to believe , for example , that Moses had written the Pentateuch , and that St Matthew 's Gospel was the first Gospel to be composed . |
| 2 | The child 's welfare was the first consideration and then other tests had to be applied . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , a single lapse in this mother 's policy was the first step on the slippery slope of interrupted nights . |
| 4 | Some analysts claimed that Zhu 's promotion was the first gain for moderates since the army crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement . |
| 5 | In Italy , Bettino Craxi 's party was the first victim of the corruption scandals that have hit all the mainstream parties . |
| 6 | Danny 's death was the first David , 42 , and Lyn , 41 , knew of their son abusing solvents . |
| 7 | Abe 's arrest was the first occasion on which a serving Diet member had been arrested on bribery charges since the Lockheed scandal of 1976 . |
| 8 | The Transport and General Workers ' Union was the first domino to fall in Walsh 's strategy . |