Example sentences of "it was [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also the first opportunity for the Sandinistas to assess their opposition role after losing elections in February 1990 to the right-wing National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition of President Violeta Chamorro de Barrios [ see p. 37236 ] . |
| 2 | It was also the first opportunity at national level for the electorate to deliver its verdict on the DLP , which had been formed by Roh in January 1990 through the merger of his minority ruling party with two of the three main opposition parties [ see pp. 37187-88 ] . |
| 3 | It was also the first occasion on which the bishop of Rome is known to have invoked the text of Matthew 16 : 18 to justify his primatial jurisdiction . |
| 4 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
| 5 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
| 6 | ‘ It was also the first time that steam , which is the lifeblood of THORP was introduced into the highly active area . ’ |
| 7 | It marked the dedication of a new city church … but it was also the first time a Roman Catholic cardinal had preached before the Monarch since the time of Henry The Eighth . |
| 8 | It was also the first time Liverpool had gone ahead of their rivals — 45 wins to 44 — since the derby series , than at 127 games , began . |
| 9 | It was also the first colony gained by conquest . |
| 10 | Terry Bunce , from the Flying Club , tells me that they have a wings night every year for the new people , and as it was also the 25th anniversary of the Ulster Aviation Society they decided to invite the veterans along . |
| 11 | It was also the last test flight for the station 's long serving test pilot … and his colleagues had lined up a surprise . |
| 12 | It was also the last time she ever mentioned his mother . |
| 13 | ‘ It was also the third shut-out in a row for Andy Goram . |
| 14 | His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter . |
| 15 | It was probably the first guidebook of its kind . |
| 16 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 17 | I think that erm the actual position er assured was that industry gave us a quotation in erm April nineteen ninety two which actually was somewhat higher than we 'd anticipated , but I 'm not sure that industry reyu viewed it as an increase because it was probably the first time they had formally quoted a price . |
| 18 | And it was probably the second door that the professor heard . ’ |
| 19 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 20 | It was probably the last example of its type in Sussex . |
| 21 | It actually , that actually was n't the sentence I made , I ca n't count , it was actually the next sentence I wanted you to look at . |
| 22 | It was possibly the first time the BBC had had to take other equipment out of service because someone ( Voigt ) complained of its bad performance , which had shown up on this speaker . |
| 23 | It was now the first week in December . |
| 24 | It was now the second week in January and she had n't spoken to him since the night of the Christmas dance . |
| 25 | Traffic still very busy on all major routes going out of the city , it 's not as bad now , though as it was there the last time I spoke to you , but still , very very busy this evening . |
| 26 | I have good reason to remember a booklength early monograph of hers , published in the British journal of Animal Behaviour : it was almost the first text I ever read as an apprentice sub-editor . |
| 27 | Anna put in heating , it was almost the first thing she did . |
| 28 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |
| 29 | It was almost the first time he had sounded civil . |
| 30 | It was almost the last item of discussion with Nik Powell before Powell 's departure . |