Example sentences of "[was/were] particularly [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Fabians were particularly influential during the first forty or so years of their history , a period in which the leading lights were the Webbs , G. B. Shaw , Graham Wallas , and H. G. Wells and , less consistently , Bertrand Russell , G. D. H. Cole , Harold Laski , and R. H. Tawney . |
| 2 | In the north of the country guerrillas were particularly active during the first half of the year . |
| 3 | Powell , who is rated in the top fifteen in the country in his age group , used his size advantage to great effect in both matches , but it was particularly noticeable in the first set of the final , in which he powered his way into a 6–1 opening lead . |
| 4 | This was particularly true of the first essential step of holding a council . |
| 5 | Mortality was particularly high during the first six years . |