Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] were the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millet and I were the first to check that tower , after Falconer 's body was discovered by a guard . |
| 2 | ‘ So , the Luger 's a German gun — and who were the first major users of chemical weapons on this planet ? |
| 3 | In December 1989 , we received word from the European Commission that our application had been successful and we were the first tenants group to be awarded £400,000 provided we secured the moral and financial support from our landlord — Glasgow District Council . |
| 4 | We put the staff in costumes instead of uniforms and we were the first to really ‘ love ’ children while other restaurants tolerated them . ’ |
| 5 | Life by that time had appeared on land above sea level , and there were the first plants and terrestrial invertebrates . |
| 6 | It was their loss , believe me , and they were the first to admit my work was never affected . |
| 7 | But we were the first metal band to have a platinum album and the first metal band to sell six million albums in the States alone . |
| 8 | Desktop Publisher certainly was n't the first newsletter to be produced using computers , many titles are word processed , nor was it the first publication to be desktop published , that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , but we were the first newsletter to specialise on desktop publishing ! |
| 9 | Er , b , but we were the first company , back in , I think 1987 , to bring out living insurance . |
| 10 | But they were the first people to sell a motor car in Galashiels . |
| 11 | ‘ The flights were flagrant violations of the no-fly zone but they were the first armed attacks recorded by the UN since shortly after the no-fly zone was instituted ’ last October , the State Department spokesman , Richard Boucher , said . |