Sentence examples for were virtually the first from inspiring English sources

The police pickup trucks were virtually the first organized recovery efforts seen in many parts of the city.

These were virtually the first adults outside my family that I connected with in a truly personal and meaningful way.

"It was virtually the first station to be completed in structural form," he wrote.

"As soon as I heard where Spoty was, it was virtually the first thing in my diary," said McIlroy.

By contrast climate change was virtually the first thing he mentioned when he got off the plane.

"Scoop was virtually the first person who came to work for me in the campaign," he said, and put his arm around him.

The work, begun late last year by a new owner, will create what will be virtually the first new row house on the block in more than a century.

Yet it is virtually the first thing Saville says to me when I walk into his studio/home in Clerkenwell, London.

With all that glamour and celebrity, with his being virtually the first great American hero to delight America's emerging entertainment society?

Hollywood, a cluster of metal sheds in the shabbier suburbs of Los Angeles, itself a suburb of nowhere, has created what is virtually the first religion devoted solely to entertaining its congregation.

Anne Kauffman directs, with an admirable feel for the play's tonal oddities; Michael Friedman, known for his work with the Civilians theater troupe, composed the eerie a capella songs (with Ms. Schwartz collaborating on the lyrics); the quirky Ms. Kirk is virtually the first lady of Off Off Broadway.