Example sentences of "[was/were] the first [noun] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The talks , hosted by the UN and held in San Lorenzo de El Escorial , 50 km from the Spanish capital Madrid , were the first negotiations in three decades of conflict . |
| 3 | Belfast man Ean McClure was the first veteran in 1.39.56 . |
| 4 | It was the first meeting in nine years — for the day of my father 's funeral does n't really count . |
| 5 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 6 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
| 7 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |