Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] was the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year 's outbreak was the first of its kind in the country . |
| 2 | Held 2–8 March , the fair enjoyed twice as much space in its new premises , the Grand Palais , as it had done in its former venue , the basement of the Hotel George V. Still an all-French affair despite the eagerness of foreign galleries to get in , this year 's Salon was the first to include nine contemporary dealers , including Gerald Piltzer who made a last minute decision to join in . |
| 3 | YESTERDAY 'S crash was the first in which A300 Airbus passengers were killed or injured , according to the best-selling plane 's makers . |
| 4 | Until now the the F111 has had a good safety record.July 's crash was the first in peace time . |
| 5 | Gerard 's home was the first one the killers came to as they left the Tiger 's Bay Loyalist stronghold . |
| 6 | Its declarations required Catholic scholars to believe , for example , that Moses had written the Pentateuch , and that St Matthew 's Gospel was the first Gospel to be composed . |
| 7 | Domitian 's decree was the first recorded attempt to reduce a European winelake . |
| 8 | His response to this development in O'Keeffe 's art was the first positive assessment of the result of the effort she had made to have her intentions as an artist redefined . |
| 9 | Saturday 's rally was the first real indication of how much support the workers have attracted . |
| 10 | The child 's welfare was the first consideration and then other tests had to be applied . |
| 11 | Dirac 's theory was the first of its kind that was consistent with both quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity . |
| 12 | Arty 's father was the first to speak . |
| 13 | Often a boy 's father was the first to take him below . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , a single lapse in this mother 's policy was the first step on the slippery slope of interrupted nights . |
| 15 | Rockwell 's victory was the first to be scored by the newly formed 124 Squadron , otherwise known as the ‘ Escadrille Americaine ’ — until pressure from the Isolationist lobby in Washington shortly caused it to be changed to the ‘ Escadrille Lafayette ’ . |
| 16 | Svetlanov 's orchestra was the first really good one I conducted in my life . |
| 17 | Some analysts claimed that Zhu 's promotion was the first gain for moderates since the army crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement . |
| 18 | Malekith 's voice was the first to be raised in acclamation . |
| 19 | Singh 's government was the first to be defeated on the floor of the Lok Sabha and shortly afterwards the Prime Minister tendered his resignation to President Ramaswamy Venkataraman . |
| 20 | Colman 's regiment was the first of the territorials to serve with the regular army in France after the outbreak of World War I , and he was severely wounded by shrapnel in the leg , acquiring the limp which he was to spend much of the remainder of his life and career attempting , often in considerable pain , to conceal from audiences and cameras alike . |
| 21 | Judge Carlos Cerda from the Santiago Appeals Court was investigating the disappearance of several leading Communists and Valenzuela 's testimony was the first solid proof that the security forces had been involved in kidnapping . |
| 22 | Today 's mission was the first to be carried out entirely by the British army . |
| 23 | In Italy , Bettino Craxi 's party was the first victim of the corruption scandals that have hit all the mainstream parties . |
| 24 | Several commentators have claimed that on this expedition Gould 's party was the first ever to reach the great western bend of the Murray overland from Adelaide . |
| 25 | His mother 's death was the first he had been intimately concerned with — his father 's hardly counted , because Peter had been only thirteen at the time . |
| 26 | Danny 's death was the first David , 42 , and Lyn , 41 , knew of their son abusing solvents . |
| 27 | Li Peng 's visit was the first by a Chinese Premier for 26 years . |
| 28 | Nguyen Co Thach 's visit was the first official visit to the US capital by a high-ranking Vietnamese official since the unification of Vietnam in 1976 . |
| 29 | Invited by the USSR Supreme Soviet , the delegation 's visit was the first by Albanian parliamentarians since the breakdown in diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1961 [ see p. 18528 ] . |
| 30 | Jiang 's visit was the first to Japan by a CCP general secretary since 1983 . |