Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from this brief appraisal that prevention through genetic counselling has limited value for the first born , but is an important consideration for parents who have had a mentally affected child or at least conceived one . |
| 2 | After the war , reactors like the Windscale ‘ piles ’ — scene of the 1957 accident described in Chapter One — were designed to produce material for the first British nuclear bombs , and no expense was spared in developing the necessary technology . |
| 3 | Suddenly they seemed to notice Brenda for the first time . |
| 4 | One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years . |
| 5 | Should you wish to paint hardwood for the first time , it will be necessary to coat it with an aluminium primer . |
| 6 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 7 | If , when you have read the letter overleaf , you decide to accept responsibility for the first £50 of claims please fill in the boxes below . |
| 8 | She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises . |
| 9 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 10 | I turn to face Crilly for the first real time . |
| 11 | but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time . |
| 12 | M. Lévy gave me a third more for the second vase than he had given Jean-Claude for the first one . |
| 13 | I wish to accept responsibility for the first £50 of all claims under Section 1 — Buildings of the above policy ( other than claims arising from Subsidence , where special conditions apply , or Fire or Property Owners Liability ) . |
| 14 | CCG will continue to provide services for the first year of operation and hopefully into the future . |
| 15 | On this occasion some of the Messerschmitts had carried bombs for the first time — not a new role for III/JG 27 , which had operated in this manner over the Balkans during the previous month . |
| 16 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
| 17 | Drink up : Euro Disney has begun to serve alcohol for the first time at four of its restaurants as it seeks to stem heavy losses from weak attendance . |
| 18 | Near his Chalk Farm flat was an entrée to another social scene , the world of the small magazines , of Pete Brown , Mal Dean — who had done design for the first It and Robins was drawn towards it . |
| 19 | In the following month the Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister , Kunihiko Saito , had visited Moscow for the first working-level negotiations on the dispute since the termination of the Soviet Union . |
| 20 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
| 21 | The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " . |
| 22 | It was like he had discovered sex for the first time , ’ said a friend . |
| 23 | The American Psychiatric Association has chosen eating disorders for the first of its series of detailed practice guidelines , derived from the literature and from a consensus of expert reviewers , to assist doctors in clinical decision making . |
| 24 | In June 1984 , small businesses were also required to provide security for the first time under the scheme , which obviously deterred many potential entrepreneurs and damaged the usefulness of the scheme . |
| 25 | In Scotland , where such initiatives have been centrally funded by the Scottish Office , many hospitals have introduced phlebotomists for the first time . |