Example sentences of "[adj] was [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 2 | Returning to my seat after the second interval , I had decided that this was a first night which had somehow not ‘ taken off ’ and that all kinds of good intentions had somehow failed to coalesce , though they probably would later in the run . |
| 3 | Given that our Delegation 's 15 votes formed less than two thirds of a quota and bearing in mind that this was a first attempt , it was felt that this was a somewhat ambitious foray into the politics of the wider Trade Union Movement . |
| 4 | This was the first fall since 1973 and was due predominantly to reductions in the numbers of remand prisoners , due to the success of the probation service 's bail information schemes , and sentenced young offenders , partly due to the stricter criteria for custodial sentences for young people required by the 1988 Criminal Justice Act , and partly to the drawing up and implementation of ‘ action plans ’ for community plans by the probation service . |
| 5 | I think I will look back on this day and think , I really had quite a distressing haircut did n't I , but also that this was the first day I was introduced to the humour of Vic and Bob . |
| 6 | That this was the first day |
| 7 | This was the first year since he became leader of his party six years ago that Mr Kinnock was relieved of his preoccupation with an ungovernable party and was able to turn his attention properly to the government of the country . |
| 8 | This was the first year that CPRW had set targets and perhaps we were too optimistic . |
| 9 | This was the first year that CPRW had set targets and perhaps we were too optimistic . |
| 10 | This was the first year that the money was available and the warden suggested that the Humanities department at this school might apply . |
| 11 | This was the first year that Environment Achievement Awards have been made , so Johnson Matthey was particularly proud to have been included among the 12 initial companies to be granted the new honour . |
| 12 | Kenny Davern : Middlesbrough Marton Way Hotel THIS was the first date in Middlesbrough Jazz Society 's new season , a return visit by the American clarinettist Kenny Davern . |
| 13 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
| 14 | This was the first wave of privatization of large enterprises , which was intended to raise $1,500 million in foreign investment in 1991 and $3,000 million in 1992 . |
| 15 | This was the first case investigated by the Glasgow Police as opposed to the Procurator Fiscal acting together with Sherriff 's officers , and they were determined to get a conviction . |
| 16 | This was the first case in Tanzania of its kind : she argued that she was dismissed because of her sex . |
| 17 | This was the first case of a person brought to trial under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act . |
| 18 | The locks have been the subject of a Health and Safety Executive investigation over the last twelve months and this was the first case to be examined . |
| 19 | Emile Al-Uzaizi , deputy leader of the council 's Tory opposition group and a social services committee member , said this was the first case of its kind he had known in his eight years on the council . |
| 20 | Emile Al-Uzaizi , the deputy leader of the council 's Tory opposition group and a social services committee member , said that this was the first case of its kind he had known in his eight years on the council . |
| 21 | This was the first CACE report . |
| 22 | This was the first operating profit since 1986 and was achieved in the face of continuing recession in our major markets and weaker exchange rates . |
| 23 | Announced to the Federal Assembly on Dec. 28 by Federal Premier Ante Markovic , this was the first devaluation since his government had introduced at the beginning of 1990 a convertible dinar pegged to the deutschmark [ see p. 37194 ] . |
| 24 | This was the first devaluation since the introduction of the " big bang " economic reforms in January 1990 . |
| 25 | This was the first change in senior military personnel since the ending of the Pinochet dictatorship and the return to democratic rule in March 1990 . |
| 26 | This was the first survey to attempt to study a nationally representative sample of those who were caring for the sick , elderly and handicapped , although there have been a variety of small local surveys and qualitative investigations of this topic . |
| 27 | This was the first gardenia to flower in this country . |
| 28 | This was the first sign of the real importance Britain was to accord civil aviation , viewing it as an essential component of the country 's postwar recovery . |
| 29 | ( This was the first sentence in her French lesson-book . ) |
| 30 | Convoys have been intermittent and this was the first convoy for four weeks . |