Example sentences of "which [was/were] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new literacy and cheap newsprint spawned the monster newspapers which were the first cultural artifact of mass society . |
| 2 | The primary services — family doctors , dentists , pharmacists — are very much the front line of health care and in 1986 we published a Green Paper which was the first comprehensive review of the services for forty years . |
| 3 | The first was the introduction of the Apple Macintosh which was the first personal computer to be based entirely on a graphical interface as opposed to the more conventional character-at-a-time systems . |
| 4 | In the early days it was water , in the form of the " endless ocean to the west " , which was the first major obstacle for continental European explorers . |
| 5 | This came into being when the very first change in the first cell took place , and that change , which was the first biochemical action , ultimately proved to have been , or must be acknowledged to have been , taken to initiate the process which would continue indefinitely to produce a living being with an ever-increasing capacity to enjoy life . |
| 6 | Allied ( draught brands include Ansells , Benskins , Double Diamond , Ind Coope , Taylor Walker and Tetley ) are particularly strong in the light , pale and export ales market ( its strongest brand is Long Life , which was the first canned beer on the market and is currently leader in the export segment , but it also produces Skol and Arctic Lite ) . |
| 7 | The borough council already looks after the eastern end of the ruined priory which was the first Augustinian monastery . |
| 8 | ‘ S-Sugar , the famous veteran Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command , which was the first heavy bomber to complete one hundred war flights , is unlikely to fly again on operations . |