Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.

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1 Suicide For Love is adapted by Matsuyo Akimoto from three plays by the 17th century writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Ninagawa 's production involves 73 actors , a swirling snow storm and a river on stage — the company , with true Japanese courtesy , provide plastic macs for the first two rows of spectators .
2 Yesterday both Scots put the nightmare of Barcelona behind them , and made their dreams of becoming world champions for the first time come true .
3 Boots The chemist are to open pharmacy concessions for the first time in seven JS branches in late July .
4 To illustrate this , let us imagine Heinrich Hertz , in 1888 , performing the electrical experiment that enabled him to produce and detect radio waves for the first time .
5 In a major government reorganization in Croatia on Aug. 1 Tudjman included opposition politicians for the first time in a new " government of democratic unity " which continued to be dominated by the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) with 11 out of 27 posts .
6 Note : sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time .
7 While making it easier for people to build up considerable capital assets , and to pass these on intact , the Government has taken a number of measures that have allowed many people to acquire capital assets for the first time .
8 The never-say-die 69 year-old widower is also taking piano lessons for the first time .
9 In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years .
10 For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years !
11 Alongside the new universities themselves , starting their degree courses from scratch and employing large numbers of sometimes rather dubiously qualified new lecturers , there was a parallel development in the polytechnics , many of them offering degree courses for the first time , and devising courses in subjects such as literature , languages , and philosophy that had nothing whatever to do with the technology-based courses for which they had first been invented .
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