Example sentences of "[pers pn] was also the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
2 | It was also the first opportunity for the Sandinistas to assess their opposition role after losing elections in February 1990 to the right-wing National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition of President Violeta Chamorro de Barrios [ see p. 37236 ] . |
3 | It was also the first opportunity at national level for the electorate to deliver its verdict on the DLP , which had been formed by Roh in January 1990 through the merger of his minority ruling party with two of the three main opposition parties [ see pp. 37187-88 ] . |
4 | It was also the first occasion on which the bishop of Rome is known to have invoked the text of Matthew 16 : 18 to justify his primatial jurisdiction . |
5 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
6 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
7 | ‘ It was also the first time that steam , which is the lifeblood of THORP was introduced into the highly active area . ’ |
8 | It marked the dedication of a new city church … but it was also the first time a Roman Catholic cardinal had preached before the Monarch since the time of Henry The Eighth . |
9 | It was also the first time Liverpool had gone ahead of their rivals — 45 wins to 44 — since the derby series , than at 127 games , began . |
10 | It was also the first colony gained by conquest . |
11 | Terry Bunce , from the Flying Club , tells me that they have a wings night every year for the new people , and as it was also the 25th anniversary of the Ulster Aviation Society they decided to invite the veterans along . |
12 | It was also the last test flight for the station 's long serving test pilot … and his colleagues had lined up a surprise . |
13 | It was also the last time she ever mentioned his mother . |
14 | ‘ It was also the third shut-out in a row for Andy Goram . |
15 | His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter . |
16 | He was also the first sprinter in Britain to use starting blocks . |
17 | He was also the first person to use coal gas for lighting purposes . |
18 | He was also the first man to use the word ‘ Americanism ’ in 1781 . |
19 | ‘ He was also the first sportsman to become a celebrity . |
20 | He was also the first chairman of the colleges ' committee set up after the 1962 report of the commission on the relationship between the colleges and university , chaired by the first Baron Bridges [ q.v . ] . |
21 | He was also the first Protestant to become President of the overwhelmingly Catholic country . |
22 | Hervey , a Breton , was appointed bishop , the first of a long series of members of the English royal court to be provided with a Welsh see : he was also the first bishop in Wales to come under the authority of an English archbishop . |