Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faecal SCFA concentrations were low on the first day of diarrhoea ( mean ( SEM ) 9.9 ( 5.8 ) mmol/kg ) and increased to 94.8 ( 16.4 ) mmol/kg by the fifth day . |
| 2 | More particularly , attacks on players and match officials were predominant before the First World War , whilst fights between opposing fan groups are predominant today ’ ( Dunning , 1990:76 ) . |
| 3 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 4 | Looking back with seventy years ' hindsight , Dad might have been wiser to have accepted this offer , but things were different before the First World War and couples might quarrel and argue all their married life as Mum and Dad did but rarely separated and never divorced . |
| 5 | Equally , however , if they are essentially operating as traditional institutions and if it does succeed as a multi-purpose agency , it begs the question whether UDCs were necessary in the first place . |
| 6 | On 3 March 1987 the originating summons was amended by adding the seventh and eighth plaintiffs , and on 19 March 1987 it was further amended to seek accounts of all transactions entered into , and of all dealings with the property of the plaintiffs by the first defendant , and of all moneys received by or payment made by the first defendant or by the second or third defendants , and an inquiry whether any sums were due from the first defendant to the plaintiffs . |
| 7 | That involved the contention that , in substance , the fresh charges were identical to the first charges . |
| 8 | A notice in the porch stated that the church-keys were available from the first house in the village . |
| 9 | 46 unqualified mature students were involved in the first study at the University of Sheffield . |