Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] report [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fighting was reported for the first time in the east Bosnian towns of Visegrad and Foca , near the Serbian border . |
| 2 | A not untypical pattern of distortion of sensation was reported from the first documented vigil of this sort : |
| 3 | Only two cases of gonorrhea were reported in the first 19 months , compared with four a week previously . |
| 4 | Scenes of disorder on a smaller scale were reported in the first two weeks of February in Laghout , Constantine , Tiaret , Medea ( where disturbances lasted six days ) , Bourj Menail , Mascara , various suburbs of Algiers and elsewhere . |
| 5 | Police urged racegoers to be on their guard after six separate incidents of forged £20 notes were reported on the first day . |
| 6 | At least 37 deaths were reported on the first of three days of polling . |