Example sentences of "was [adv] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The level of British farming declined sharply and it was only in the first decade of the twentieth century that it began to get on its feet again by shifting its emphasis to specialities like beef-fattening and vegetable-growing . |
| 2 | This was just in the first half kids . |
| 3 | I 've got an idea they 're a Cornish family and that 's why the old lady was here in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | Any organic material must inevitably reflect its origin , and can not contain what it was n't in the first place . |
| 5 | So , establishment for staphylococcusorius is often not an important feature because in the majority of infections we 're talking about an endogenous infection , the organism was there in the first place . |
| 6 | But they used the Fleet Canteen which was there in the first war . |
| 7 | Why do you think the body was there in the first place ? |
| 8 | Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm |