Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] the first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 22-year-old Edgar was clear of the first three horses she rode in a World Championship final style event . |
| 2 | The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction . |
| 3 | On June 2 Stefano Rodota , president of the PDS and former Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies , resigned from both posts after he was unsuccessful in the first four ballots for Speaker . |
| 4 | Figure 1A represents phase I. This sequence shows no visible peristaltic activity , was present for the first 35 minutes of the study , and is typical of the pattern seen in conventional manometric recordings . |
| 5 | This meant it was available for the first two years only in London and the South-East and to people who bothered to fit a new aerial . |
| 6 | Her mother had both children late in life , and was wonderful for the first six years of Jay 's life . |