Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only were these the first privately owned diesels to regularly haul freight trains over BR main lines , but they were also remarkable in having originated at La Grange , Illinois . |
| 2 | Kelly had another good match , Strachan was superb , Wallace was my Man of the Match , Deane caused them problems all night , McAllister Speed and batty were good the first half , but Speed especially seemed to drop out of the game in the second half . |
| 3 | ‘ If resources were available the first priority would be to appoint a full-time personnel/training officer ’ . |
| 4 | When the Frenchman , Charles Bonnet , was confronted with the argument that if preformation were true the first rabbit would have had to contain 10 10000 preformed embryos , he merely responded by saying that it was always possible , by adding zeros , to crush the imagination under the weight of numbers . |
| 5 | Experts said it was possible the first three dogs had been doped to go faster , while the fourth and fifth had been slowed down . |
| 6 | Was that the first hint , no more than a joke really , that they might stay at Wyvis Hall , that they might live there ? |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , when you were a moral tutor , was that the first line ? |
| 8 | Was that the first in Gala ? |
| 9 | If so , was that the first recorded occurrence of the Leeds salute ? |
| 10 | Was this the first signs of a coalition in the making ? |
| 11 | Was this the first signs of narcissism ? |
| 12 | ‘ Was this the first time ? ’ |
| 13 | And was this the first sign of the nightmare to come ? |
| 14 | I mean I was shocked the first time when I went |
| 15 | Even I was terrified the first time it happened , when Art rolled over to our table , gave Tod a kind of rabbit punch that almost broke his neck , and said , incredibly loudly , |