Example sentences of "and it [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 In the U.S.A. , a new rocket for space exploration , called ‘ Little Joe ’ was launched in May 1964 , and it became the first in a series under the name of ‘ Apollo ’ .
2 Jackson 's next work , An Essay on Bread ( 1758 ) , defended bakers and millers against malpractice charges levelled by Peter Markham [ q.v. ] and Joseph Manning , and it represents the first reliable book on the chemical detection of food adulteration .
3 It offers further confirmation for GR outside the solar system and it provides the first evidence , albeit indirect , for gravitational radiation .
4 Handwriting recognition software is still lousy , and it seems the first pen systems will just have pre-programmed forms loaded .
5 and it happened the first
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