Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] first [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is known that Israeli doctors were the first outside medical experts to reach the scene . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 3 | Because the movies were the first real mass entertainment the showmen realized that the sky was the limit and that there was no possible reason for timidity and restraint . |
| 4 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 5 | The Wailers were the first true self-contained live act in reggae not dependent on any pick-up members and capable of blowing away any other band in the world . |
| 6 | These were the first contested presidential election since independence in 1960 . |
| 7 | The 1965 changes were the first significant constitutional development since 1957 , in that they provided for a review of the purposes and activities of the Community , incorporating also a schedule for a single European Community by 1970 . |
| 8 | Four Independent Companies were the first British special service forces in action in World War II . |
| 9 | The sugar plantations and the slaves on them were the first British overseas investment of any size , at a time when investment of this sort was unusual , and in several eighteenth-century wars the British fought to defend this property , though it was not a central cause of any of the wars in which they were involved . |
| 10 | Kaifu was the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit Brunei . |
| 11 | Although it included the Byzantine penalties of blinding and mutilation for certain offences , it was far in advance of the legal practices of many medieval states , and it was the first comprehensive legal code amongst the South Slavs . |
| 12 | It was the first major concrete structure to be built in Britain since Roman times . |
| 13 | It was the first major industrial dispute to test the Conservative Government 's industrial legislation , or at least potentially to do so . |
| 14 | The announcement was welcomed yesterday by Economy Minister Richard Needham , who said that Novotel was the first major international group attracted to Northern Ireland — but he expected it would not be the last . |
| 15 | Girls Into Science and Technology ( GIST ) was the first major schools-based project addressing problems of sex stereotyping at school , and was an example of ‘ action research ’ in education ; the project simultaneously took action to improve girls ' achievement in science and technology and investigated the reasons for their under-achievement . |
| 16 | The Italian Communist Party ( PCI ) was the first major Communist party to adopt a Eurocommunist position in its ‘ historic compromise strategy ’ of 1972 . |
| 17 | Apart from smallpox it was the first major infectious disease to decline . |
| 18 | Paradise , launched on CBS last season and shown on BBC1 this summer , was the first new western serial for a decade . |
| 19 | This building was the first great Byzantine church in Russia and it set the pattern for innumerable smaller churches . |
| 20 | This is why Pacem in Terris was the first papal encyclical that was addressed to ‘ all men of good will ’ . |
| 21 | The initial prosecution was brought by Greenpeace , and was the first successful private prosecution of a company under the 1989 Water Act . |
| 22 | The bubble policy was the first implicit market-based approach to be used in reducing emissions in the United States . |
| 23 | Named Nethalide or pronethalol , it was the first effective clinical beta-blocking agent . |
| 24 | The novel was the first mass-produced cultural artefact . |
| 25 | Far less celebrated is the fact that she was the first contemporary British artist to win the international prize for painting at the Venice Biennale in 1968 . |
| 26 | This was the first official Israeli representation in China and was viewed as the first step towards the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 27 | His three-day visit was the first official French government visit for more than 20 years , and he was the most senior Western government minister to visit Cambodia in more than 15 years . |
| 28 | He was the first Roman Catholic director-general of the BBC , taking over at a difficult time , when the Ulster issue was posing serious dilemmas for broadcasters as well as for politicians . |
| 29 | In 1915 Taylor published the Mombasa version of a much-loved poem al-Inkíshafi ; the poetic rendering which accompanied the recension was the first printed English translation of a major Swahili poem . |
| 30 | The Oxford Modular Course was the first multi-disciplinary modular course validated by the council . |