Example sentences of "this [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Construction of this was begun in the first half of the sixteenth century by the Donatory Captain Simão Gonçalves da Câmara . |
2 | This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime . |
3 | This was seen in the first five patients treated , by serial cholangiographies through indwelling nasobiliary catheters . |
4 | This was inspired by the first Renaissance programme in 1943 in which leading business interests in Pittsburgh took the initiative to forge a partnership with city government to address three critical problems of the time : air pollution , flooding , physical dereliction . |
5 | Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent . |
6 | I need to explain why this was happening in the first place . |
7 | This was shown by the first major DHAC protest following the 5 October 1968 demonstration , when the committee supported an NILP delegation to the council on the housing issue . |