Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee for Hereford Amateur Rafters is the organization that was formed following the first 100 mile race and , as such , is the backbone of UK rafting , acting as an administrative body providing information , advice and assistance to new teams as well as organizing the premier UK events . |
| 2 | Edrophonium was given to the first 21 patients referred with non-cardiac chest pain . |
| 3 | In addressing this issue , Bentham foreshadowed , inter alia , both the work on orthodox organisation and management theory which was developed in the first three decades of this century ( Hume , 1981 p 6 ) and that on space planning which has followed ( Lipman et al , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | A not untypical pattern of distortion of sensation was reported from the first documented vigil of this sort : |
| 5 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |
| 6 | ( The data given in this chapter was collected during the first six months of 1985 and employers should , therefore , bear this in mind when determining their relocation policies . ) |
| 7 | Urine was collected over the first 6 hours after PEG deposition . |
| 8 | During the first period after independence , development was hampered by the first civil war , during which many schools were taken over by the army . |
| 9 | A few observers had already commented on the effectiveness of coaching for tests , a factor which was to lead to the first serious public disquiet over tests as measurement of innate , unalterable and asocial ability — although such comments were not yet thoroughly substantiated . |
| 10 | This was seen in the first five patients treated , by serial cholangiographies through indwelling nasobiliary catheters . |
| 11 | So much tree clearance work was done during the first ten years of the existence of Catchment Boards that it is now difficult to get a complete picture of the derelict state of the rivers before the passing of the Land Drainage Act in 1930 . |
| 12 | The main damage was done in the first twelve months , when GDP fell by 3 per cent , industrial production by 9 per cent , and unemployment doubled to 2.5 million . |
| 13 | But the England international was sidelined for the first 24 games of the current campaign with a stress fracture of the foot . |
| 14 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 15 | Miriam was wondering as the first fat drops of rain splashed on the verandah . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Packed cell volume was measured in the first arterial or venous blood sample obtained , usually when establishing arterial access . |
| 18 | From October that year , a small car was towed behind the first electric car of the day to South Station , and pulled by a horse on a shuttle service between there and Squires Gate . |
| 19 | This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime . |
| 20 | The nature of the fascist impact in the East End of London was demonstrated in the first local elections of 1937 . |
| 21 | A model for achieving a smoke free generation in Europe was proposed at the first European conference on tobacco in 1988 and was supported by the World Health Organisation and British Medical Association . |
| 22 | But although Christine was exhausted after the first six weeks , Anna has brought great joy into their lives . |
| 23 | The introduction of agriculture was accompanied by the first major ‘ engineering ’ works in the landscape . |
| 24 | The table below details specimen surrender values which would be applicable if the Bond was surrendered in the first five years , and are based on a monthly premium of £9 . |
| 25 | The ‘ normal ’ image was generated from the first 12 scans obtained from patients with Crohn 's disease . |
| 26 | Although Stephen 's older son , who succeeded him , was crowned as the first Serbian king by a representative of Pope Honorius III in 1217 , the allegiance of the Serbs to the Eastern Church was not affected . |
| 27 | In the article Garcilaso was touted as the first American and his work seen as the starting point of ‘ a sensibility absolutely new , absolutely Peruvian . ’ |
| 28 | In the Administration formed by John Major after the General Election in April 1992 , a solicitor , John Taylor , was appointed as the first Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor 's Department . |
| 29 | In 1970 he was appointed as the first honorary consul in Scotland for the republic of Turkey , a post in which his understanding and knowledge of the country was of great help to those in need . |
| 30 | Paul Stern , the vice-president of the Vienna Bridge Club , soon invited her to join the Austrian Ladies ' Team , which was preparing for the first European Women 's Teams Championship to be held in Brussels in 1935 . |