Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wake of the Russian revolution , which she supported passionately , it became the first Communist party in Great Britain . |
| 2 | The Squires Gate route to the Airport , which was operated by trams until October 1961 , when it became the first post-war route to change to bus operation , was latterly operated in the summer season by double and single-deck cars , running alternately to Cabin and Bispham . |
| 3 | It met the first two of the quarter-final matches head on as they tackled the shortish par-four 12th which , for a few minutes , became a monster and odd routes were used to reach the green . |
| 4 | It constituted the first comprehensive review of management development since the mid-1970s , and the first time that management development requirements were discussed nationally in the context of an explicit notion of ‘ management ’ . |
| 5 | It established the first international trading link with the Singapore International Monetary Exchange ( SIMEX ) in 1984 . |
| 6 | Instead , Nijinsky came to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after a uniquely testing season — unique because it included the first Triple Crown since 1935 . |
| 7 | It saw the first public flotation of a building society , the first moves towards acquisition of a major bank , Girobank , by another society , some further widening of building society powers , a tendency for more societies to become ‘ tied agents ’ of insurance companies and further excursions by societies into the wider field of financial services . |
| 8 | When this came it represented the first archaeological exploration ever conducted , a landmark in man 's self-consciousness . |
| 9 | It possessed the first water-driven factory to be erected in Lancashire ( 1777 ) . |