Example sentences of "first [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first worry was noted by the Wilson Committee ( 1980 ) . |
| 2 | the first level was concerned with the stamping out of political regionalism and other local attitudes that limited central authority . |
| 3 | The first level was of abstract theory and method ; the second was centred upon current policy questions . |
| 4 | The first money was the remainder of the CIAs coup fund in Roosevelts safe . |
| 5 | The first decision was clearly whether it made sense to concentrate all our resources behind the two core businesses , without foods . |
| 6 | His first ministry was brief , but when his government was defeated it was clear that nobody could take his place : for three months George II had to run the administration without any parliamentary ministers — an operation that was not as impossible as it would have been seventy years later , though not nearly as normal as it would have been seventy years earlier . |
| 7 | " How much truth is there in the view that while Gladstone 's first ministry was outstanding , his second was a disaster ? " |
| 8 | Hours after the tragedy , Mr Wilcox 's first grandchild was born to his other son Edward . |
| 9 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 10 | Day 7 ) Camped at site where the first jetstream was spotted in 1956 . |
| 11 | The first certificate was issued in October . |
| 12 | On this particular occasion , the first fight was about getting Mother into suitable wet-weather gear . |
| 13 | As we talked there was a shout from one of the other khalifas ; the first fight was about to begin . |
| 14 | The first eurobond was issued in 1963 by the Italian company Autostrada with a coupon of 52 per cent and an issue size of $15 million . |
| 15 | My first dive was in a disused quarry pit where we were tested on our skills and we then swam round the lake and in a submerged double decker bus . |
| 16 | The first building was a chapel of ease . |
| 17 | A sequence of events — or phases — can be established : a phase when the first building was in use , a phase when the paved area was in use , and a phase when the second building was in use . |
| 18 | What is more difficult to establish is whether the first building was inhabited for a while , demolished just after the inhabitants moved out , immediately paved over , and a new building later constructed ; or whether the first building was inhabited for a while , abandoned by its inhabitants for many years , then collapsed through decay , was paved over later on , and then a second building constructed . |
| 19 | What is more difficult to establish is whether the first building was inhabited for a while , demolished just after the inhabitants moved out , immediately paved over , and a new building later constructed ; or whether the first building was inhabited for a while , abandoned by its inhabitants for many years , then collapsed through decay , was paved over later on , and then a second building constructed . |
| 20 | The question about the first category was the same as the 1984 survey , but that about the second differed in that it was concerned with the use of agency workers in the previous month rather than the previous 12 months . |
| 21 | ‘ It was something I 'd always fantasised about , ’ says Kitty , whose first try was a group sex video titled Kitty Kitty Bang Bang . |
| 22 | But the first try was a shambles , and I was caught . ’ |
| 23 | Bristol fixture is a 100 hundred years old … and it was a happy birthday for the cherry and whites as they ran away with it … there 'll be no telegrams from the Queen for Bristol though just a few nasty looks from the coach … first try was scored by Neil Matthews and Gloucester with help of a penalty were 11-6 up at half-time … |
| 24 | Fortunately , even though it was just after 3am on Friday morning , Len was there to meet me and the first hurdle was over , I had arrived . |
| 25 | My first response was an involuntary whoop of delight — ‘ Ayee , ayee , ayee . |
| 26 | The 5.7t/ha ( 46cwt/acre ) yield from the first field was below expectations , due to pigeon and crow damage in some lodged areas . |
| 27 | His reasoning was that the first field was inadequate for operating with the additional load . |
| 28 | Ten women patients and a nurse in the geriatric ward of the Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater Manchester have been infected by the disease since the first case was diagnosed last Thursday . |
| 29 | The judge 's ruling in the first case was therefore correct . |
| 30 | Jerusalem had been in Arab hands since the seventh century and the Holy Sepulchre was empty , but such was the emotional fervour stirred up by Urban 's preachers that the First Crusade was launched and a new kind of ‘ holy war ’ was under way . |