Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush . |
| 2 | The bond issue was handled by First Boston Corp . |
| 3 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 4 | Twenty micrograms of total RNA was used for first strand cDNA synthesis in a mixture containing 1 Taq polymerase buffer ( Promega ) , 1mM dNTPs , 40 Units RNasin ( Promega ) , 100 pmoles downstream primer and 200 Units Superscript ( Gibco-BRL ) . |
| 5 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 6 | Meciar was replaced by First Deputy Premier Jan Carnogursky , the former dissident lawyer and leader of the Christian Democratic Movement ( CDM ) , a junior partner in the ruling coalition . |
| 7 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 8 | Analysis on a turnkey system was performed by first establishing the two functions describing the rotation of the left-hand arm and the jack . |
| 9 | Physiotherapy was chosen as first reserve occupation . |
| 10 | The lack of apparent activity in the factory was startling at first , but not when you remember that Caterham makes as much money in a year as General Motors does in half an hour . |
| 11 | This time stroke play was used with first place going to Eddie , second to Andy White and third to Ian McCulloch . |
| 12 | That particular ghost was said at first , because she 'd lived in a hulking great castle with fields and forests and things , and when she saw it again it was a council estate and , as I said , a supermarket . |
| 13 | The need for hard copy was met at first by initiating , via the VDU keyboard , an instruction to print remotely in the Data Processing Centre . |
| 14 | Disease was measured by first hospital admission rates since endometriosis can be diagnosed with accuracy only at laparotomy or laparoscopy . |
| 15 | The LASMO PC network was extended at first to Broadwalk House and the Aberdeen office , then , in the wake of the Ultramar deal , to Moorgate and Chiswick . |