Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would also drop Tufnell , who was most disappointing in the First Test . |
| 2 | Ellen was adamantly opposed to the first two and a noisy supporter of the last two , while my position was more or less the opposite . |
| 3 | Defence Secretary Dick Cheney was so cock-a-hoop about the first day in Somalia he started talking about the pull-out . |
| 4 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |
| 5 | It was a laugh of happiness and male conceit , and I was so pleased by the first that I did n't mind the second too much . |
| 6 | I was so excited by the first decent piece of gold ever found , that a test I once read about came into mind . |
| 7 | This was especially true of the first Dalek serial which had many rewrites done to it before it was finally handed to Christopher Barry and Raymond Cusick . |
| 8 | Aware of Joyce 's work throughout its progress , Samuel Beckett was naturally one of the first to recognize the significance of its ‘ autonomy of language ’ . |
| 9 | Ethel , with her good looks , height and dancing standards , was naturally one of the first to be sent across . |
| 10 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 11 | I think that was much truer of the first series . |
| 12 | Although progress in passing European single market laws was painfully slow during the first months of the French presidency , Paris hands over to Dublin this month amid a last-minute rush of important agreements . |
| 13 | I do n't know whether enjoyed it as he was sound asleep for the first 8 miles , but he certainly was n't complaining either — a merciful relief ! |
| 14 | Albert Einstein was largely responsible for the first , was entirely responsible for the second , and played a major role in the development of the third . |
| 15 | She was usually one of the first in . |
| 16 | This poem hints that we can go beyond the form of the ritual only.to be horrified by the realization that there is nothing there , or there is only some petty squalor , meaning having receded out of sight if it was ever present in the first place . |
| 17 | It was still one of the first clear successes for the British antinuclear campaigners . |
| 18 | This was clearly evident on the first day of the event , sponsored again by ADT Auctions , where Gt Britain won only one set in her opening four matches , this despite having good opportunities in at least four of the eight sets that she eventually lost . |
| 19 | He was probably one of the first to discover the principle of electrotyping by depositing copper electrolytically on to an engraved copper plate , but , as with many of his other inventions and discoveries , he failed to take out a patent and most of the benefits were reaped by others . |
| 20 | He was collecting for over forty years and , as Miller was a regular recipient of Bartram 's shipments , it can be assumed that ‘ a large proportion of plants credited to Miller as introducer consisted of collections by Bartram and if this is true he was probably responsible for the first appearance in the gardens of England of between one hundred and fifty and two hundred plants ’ ( John Hendley Barnhart , ‘ Significance of John Bartram 's Work to Botanical and Horticultural Knowledge ’ , Bartonia Special Issue , 1931 ) . |
| 21 | He was also one of the first members of the British Deaf Association when that was formed in 1890 . |
| 22 | He was also one of the first to insist that the discovery of the root cause of a problem is an essential first stage in the achievement of a cure . |
| 23 | Although this interest in pseudo-historical connections was Morgan 's primary concern , he was also one of the first anthropologists to understand that the names used to designate relatives are not simply determined by linguistic rules without reference to social factors ; kinship terms have an important social dimension , since relatives grouped together and called by the same term exhibit , at least in certain respects , shared patterns of behaviour . |
| 24 | He was also one of the first County Advisers to persuade his authority that the impact of original works of art on children was very valuable , and so every year a sum was allotted to buy paintings , drawings , and even pieces of small sculpture , as well as lithographs and engravings , to be used in the schools themselves . |
| 25 | His slightly later work on the influence of alcohol and caffeine on fatigue was also one of the first experiments to rely on a ‘ double-blind procedure ’ . |
| 26 | Leeds was also responsible for the first major excavation of a settlement at Sutton Courtenay , Berkshire ( Leeds 1923 ; 1927 ; 1947 ) as well as reporting on a number of cemeteries ( 1916 ; 1924 ; and Harden 1936 ; and Riley 1942 ; and Shortt 1953 ) . |
| 27 | Although the excavators have warned that these dates are only a broad indication of that of the complex and segmented line which is this phase of the Danevirke as a whole , they nevertheless believe that in a period of danger from Germany Harald rebuilt the central section , and was also responsible for the first phases of the flanking lines to east and west . |
| 28 | It is curious that it should have happened , that Michel came upon the scene the very instant she was really free for the first time in her life . |
| 29 | Bunyan was now one of the first Nonconformists to be arrested for preaching illegally . |
| 30 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |