Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [was/were] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were weaknesses — batteries were neither so good nor so light as they are today and in any case this was the first step . |
| 2 | No. 1 was the first work she composed for herself to perform , and it is a pianistic tour de force . |
| 3 | The Abbey National was the first society to allow borrowers to see valuations and duly sent her a copy . |
| 4 | 0-4-0T Cadbury Number 2 was the first steam locomotive to work on the Severn Valley Railway 's Kidderminster Station Coal Yard Branch Line . |
| 5 | Ben Denley on a Norton Model 18 was the first man to cover 100 miles in an hour |
| 6 | The EF One Eleven has a good safety record — in its eleven year history this was the first crash in peacetime . |
| 7 | Kenny Davern : Middlesbrough Marton Way Hotel THIS was the first date in Middlesbrough Jazz Society 's new season , a return visit by the American clarinettist Kenny Davern . |
| 8 | Patient 301 was the first person in this family to be referred for genetic counselling . |