Example sentences of "and was one [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heren was actually in Palestine in 1948 and was one of the first correspondents to enter Deir Yassin after the massacre of its Arab residents by Menachem Begin 's Irgun gunmen . |
| 2 | He coined the term ‘ developmental mechanics ’ and was one of the first to attempt a causal analysis of early development . |
| 3 | It is a meaty breed , similar to the Limousin , and was one of the first of the declining breeds to be conserved by the government 20 years ago . |
| 4 | Maginn was also a firm believer in the national deaf movement , and was one of the first vice-presidents of the B.D.D.A. |
| 5 | She used drab greys and browns in tiny Fair Isle patterns and was one of the first people I knew to use drop shoulders . |
| 6 | This was the most advanced industrial building of its time : it was designed from the start to be powered by steam ( with engines supplied by Samuel 's partners in the enterprise , Matthew Boulton and James Watt , qq.v. ) , and was one of the first to incorporate a brick raft foundation . |
| 7 | An ardent but always non-violent feminist , she campaigned vigorously for women 's rights , fought hard to improve rudimentary state education and medical services , and was one of the first women to stand for election to a borough council after the passing of the Qualification of Women Act in 1907 . |
| 8 | Outside Parliament Philipps was active in the local societies for the reformation of manners , and was one of the first to join the similarly orientated Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ( SPCK ) , taking an active role in its agitations against playhouses and against duelling . |
| 9 | I delivered Eliot to Magdalen , and was one of the first to arrive for the English Club meeting , accompanied by a Somerville girl to whom I had become attached . |
| 10 | Bulford , where the Avon and the Nine Mile River meet , is just a short distance from Stonehenge , and was one of the first sites on Salisbury Plain to be bought by the War Office at the turn of the century and turned into a garrison , bringing new industry to a village that had previously been dependent on agriculture . |