Example sentences of "were the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were the first exchange traded financial derivatives . |
| 2 | With hindsight these changes were the first signs of Sjögren 's syndrome . |
| 3 | She was educated at home by a German governess ; then , after keeping house for her brothers , in 1886 she went to Newnham College , Cambridge , where she and another were the first women to gain first-class honours in the Cambridge moral sciences tripos in 1889 . |
| 4 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 5 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 6 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 7 | The published accounts of these journeys and the plants found , 250 in Kent and 72 more in Hampstead , were the first records of the herborising expeditions which were to become a regular part of the Apprentices ' training in botany . |
| 8 | As the first land-based creatures would need a tougher , armoured skin to protect them from their new environment , it is likely that these were the first amphibians . |
| 9 | They were the first amphibians and they too were carnivorous . |
| 10 | The Sun agreements were the first part of a strategy devised by Adobe 's four month-old Display Products Group to take the Unix field by storm — and there remains the Interactive Systems Unix side of Sun 's business to be mopped up , Ybarra reminds us . |
| 11 | We were the first back into the changing-rooms and we dumped our holsters and visors on the folding table near the door . |
| 12 | We were the first tour operator with overseas centres recognised by the Royal Yachting Association ( RYA ) for tuition . |
| 13 | Very comfortable we were too , as no doubt were the first occupants , Neolithic men and their families . |
| 14 | There were places where we were the first Westerners ever to have been seen , though we pre-existed in their racial memory as ugly , dominating invaders . |
| 15 | The light , well-drained chalk downs of Wiltshire , the Cotswolds , Yorkshire , and Lincolnshire were the first areas of the country to be farmed . |
| 16 | The nature of public goods explains why defence and law and order were the first areas where government provision became dominant . |
| 17 | as if we were the first visitors here . |
| 18 | Trilobites were the first creatures on earth to develop high-definition eyes . |
| 19 | The insects were the first creatures to colonise the air and for a hundred million years it was theirs alone . |
| 20 | The 1980s , he notes , were the first decade in history in which there was no increase in the area of land farmed and — also for the first time — a fall in the amount of fresh water used per capita . |
| 21 | Likewise , most closures by multi-plant firms in ‘ assisted areas ’ after 1977 were the first closures by the respective firms in this country and in that product heading . |
| 22 | There were the first hints in the late 1950s of American balance of payments problems , and these strengthened the calls for higher tariffs . |
| 23 | As though we were the first man and woman ever , walking in the Garden of Eden . |
| 24 | We were the first union in nineteen seventy six to come out with our policy on the then Race Relations Act it 's always been a trade union issue whether it was the trade unions in Germany in the twenties and thirties fighting Hitlerism and Nazi-ism or whether it was the trade unions fighting Moseley and his black shirts in Britain it has always been part of our ideals and principles . |
| 25 | In January we were the first union to issue briefing notes on all six key health and safety regulations enacted at the beginning of the year we were the only trade union to put on a stand at the EuroSafe ninety three exhibition which was the main exhibition of the European year of health and safety this promoted the union 's approach to health and safety . |
| 26 | In August , 1944 I was flying Mustangs from Grimbergen , through to the Arnhem campaign , and my memories are that we were the first RAF Squadron to be based near Brussels , and only a matter of a few days after our armies had liberated that City . |
| 27 | In the 1940s the elderly , often totally without pensions , were the first concern . |
| 28 | These were the first brachiopods . |
| 29 | Neil Blender and Billy Ruff were the first pros from the States to skate the ramp . |
| 30 | You and Nigel were the first friends Rita and I made , nine years ago , when we came to live in North Wales . |