Example sentences of "was [adv] the first [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only the first of many devices that articulated party opinion against governments that the party theoretically supported . |
| 2 | Reviewing the seminar , Paul Murray said : ‘ Given the change in our portfolio , this important step in LASMO 's investor relations programme was both essential and effective and was just the first of such events — we will certainly be continuing this communications process in the future . ’ |
| 3 | This was a story he told all his life ; it was just the first of many miracles with which he believed he was blessed . |
| 4 | Robert Halsband writes : ‘ Mrs. Yearsley was not the first of those whom Robert Southey called ‘ Our Uneducated Poets ’ but she was the first notable woman among them . ’ |
| 5 | This was also the first of many operations at Poole in which I was involved on the cutters . |
| 6 | Paul Rideout 's first league goal for Everton was also the first by one of the club 's strikers at The City Ground for almost 23 years - and brought their first league win at Nottingham Forest for more than 10 years . |