Example sentences of "it was [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any organic material must inevitably reflect its origin , and can not contain what it was n't in the first place . |
| 2 | It was just like the first one . |
| 3 | It was exactly like the first time . |
| 4 | The level of British farming declined sharply and it was only in the first decade of the twentieth century that it began to get on its feet again by shifting its emphasis to specialities like beef-fattening and vegetable-growing . |
| 5 | At first , the Assembly could not even decide upon its own agenda : it was only after the first session in 1949 that the Committee of Ministers agreed not to exercise its right to draw up the Assembly 's agenda . |