Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the change in the law the relevant income tax provisions only referred to " income " ( ie there was only effectively the first limb ) and the House of Lords in Perry v Astor held that " income " following Colquhoun v Brooks [ 1889 ] 14 AC 493 , ( 1889 ) 2 TC 490 meant " any income chargeable to a tax under the British Finance Act of the year " . |
| 2 | Yellow phosphine ( 7 ) was not only the first acridinium compound to be discovered , but was also the first basic orange dyestuff . |
| 3 | Cleo concluded it was probably not the first time he 'd had to deal with a situation like this . |
| 4 | Ahead of the voting 110 of the Supreme Soviet 's 450 deputies — members of the radical Democratic Bloc uniting the parliamentary groups from the nationalist Rukh organization , the Ukrainian Language Society and the new Republican Party ( founded on April 30 ) — had walked out of the chamber in protest at Ivashko 's candidacy , on the grounds that he was also currently the first secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party ( CP ) , and that the acting Speaker of the chamber had refused to read out a statement by the Democratic Bloc to the effect that combining state and party posts in this way was impermissible . |
| 5 | He was n't even the first to tell Ferrari he 'd be back one day with a car to beat him , but the laconic Texan did have a more-than-usually colourful way of putting it . |
| 6 | It was n't enough the first time , and it wo n't be enough now . ’ |
| 7 | The family was almost certainly the first resort . |
| 8 | It was almost certainly the first wedding breakfast that particular Lyons ' teashop had provided . |
| 9 | Little Big Man was certainly not the first Hollywood movie to attempt to redress the balance in favour of the Indians . |