Example sentences of "[num] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually three were chosen for the first investigation — the products of Bacillus subtilis , Pseudomonas pyocyanea , and Penicillium notatum . |
| 2 | Last year foxes were unusually abundant and 27 were shot during the first week of lambing . |
| 3 | Finally , the punitive powers of the ‘ Kleisthenic ’ council of 500 were defined for the first time . |
| 4 | In voting for councillors , 38,946 were elected on the first round out of the total of 40,178 , with the NSF winning 15,670 seats ( 40.24 per cent ) , the Democratic Convention 8,088 ( 20.77 per cent ) , the ADP 4,532 ( 11.64 per cent ) , the HDUR 2,606 ( 6.69 per cent ) , independents 2,425 ( 6.23 per cent ) , and the RNUP 1,508 ( 3.87 per cent ) . |
| 5 | Three hundred were sold in the first two days . |
| 6 | Two Swiss Red Cross workers taken hostage in Lebanon in October 1989 were released in the first half of August . |