Example sentences of "were [verb] to the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the millennia , other wrecks and crippled vessels were welded to the first , in whole or in part , or were crashed into place in what became a vast assembly kilometres across and deep . |
| 2 | A BOTTLE of sherry and flowers were presented to the first resident of a new nursing home which opened this week . |
| 3 | Some two hundred periti were summoned to the first session , but by April 1963 the number had reached 348 . |
| 4 | The absorbance versus temperature data were converted to the first derivative and the melting temperature was defined as the temperature at which the derivative curve attained its maximum value . |
| 5 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |