Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an unbroken horse you might try reining back in hand , while a mature horse might be asked to try half- pass for the first time . |
| 2 | The movement into private care has been accentuated by tight control of local authority expenditure at a time when numbers of people have been ‘ deinstitutionalised ’ from psychiatric and psycho-geriatric units , and when people from an ageing population have been seeking residential care for the first time . |
| 3 | The existence of rumours of a conservative-reformist struggle received official acknowledgement for the first time on July 6 when the official -People 's Daily stated that they were being spread about by unnamed people " more poisonous than poisonous snakes " . |
| 4 | In the Congo he had hunted big game for the first time and in Abyssinia he took every opportunity to do so , and conveyed his enthusiasm to me when I was only a small boy . |
| 5 | Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution . |
| 6 | Her lips parted uncertainly and she tasted the sweet caress of his mouth like a child tasting fizzy sherbet for the first time . |
| 7 | BBC radio will face national competition for the first time with the establishment of up to three national channels . |
| 8 | The effect is almost as though one were experiencing full immersion for the first time after years of paddling around in the shallows . |
| 9 | I mean , now you get big money for the first story ! |
| 10 | PENNY HASSET * , who showed marked improvement when encountering heavy ground for the first time at Wolverhampton recently , should make the most of similar conditions on her return to the course for today 's Daffodil Handicap ( 5.0 ) . |
| 11 | The context of the partisan struggle was altered as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , which modified the relationship between the Crown and Parliament , created new issues for the government as England became involved in major European warfare , and transformed the relationship of the two parties towards the Court as the Whigs came to hold political power for the first time and the Tories discovered what it was like to be in opposition . |
| 12 | That means political unpopularity for the first and the wrath of the ERM for the second . |
| 13 | The Martens government succeeded by early 1989 in winning parliamentary approval for the first two stages of a three-stage constitutional reform [ see p. 36774 ] , but by mid-1991 it had been unable to win agreement on the third stage . |
| 14 | This gave statutory recognition for the first time to the area concept , and made it a duty of local planning authorities ‘ to determine which parts of their areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest , the character of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance ’ and to designate such areas as conservation areas ' . |
| 15 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 16 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 17 | I had hot water for the first time on the island . |