Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | A 7 day tour to Poland , open to CIT members , spouses , and colleagues has been arranged for the first week of July , boasting a programme , both transport orientated and cultural . |
2 | THE draw has been made for the first round of this year 's Harp Masters International Hockey tournament , run by Annadale Hockey club . |
3 | The lesson was learned , and in subsequent years a photocall has been organized for the first day , when the Prince and Princess pose sweetly for the cameras on the understanding that thereafter the media will go home so the two can holiday in peace . |
4 | Now , after quite a shore period , the locomotive has been steamed for the first time and is almost in working order . |
5 | At the time of writing , funding has been secured for the first five years ; it is to be hoped that the data will prove so useful that it will become indispensable to British social science . |
6 | The Railway 's annual spring Enthusiasts ' Weekend — normally held two weeks before Easter — has been moved for the first time in its 20-year history . |
7 | But a new rate of ( 20% ) twenty per cent has been introduced for the first ( 2,000 ) two thousand pounds of taxable income . |
8 | Whilst this process may , for this model , take up to 20 iterations to achieve an acceptable assembly from a disjointed starting point , once an association has been accomplished for the first time and , if only small disturbances are imposed , re-association may be accomplished in as few as three attempts . |
9 | Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway . |
10 | A Consultant 's Register has been published for the first time , and the Technical Information Service successfully relaunched as the Construction Information File . |
11 | According to Advanced Micro , the 210 has proven such a popular architecture that it has been chosen for the first speed and power upgrades . |
12 | The new items adopt a structured problem-based approach to the many different marital difficulties that people face , and information on the cultural and religious framework , which may affect options open to ethnic minority clients , has been included for the first time . |
13 | If it was , then the theatre score could just as easily have been copied for the first run as for the revival . |
14 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
15 | But it was Raynor who told her things about the Castle she did not know ; how it had been built for the first High Queen of all , and how the ancient pure magic had been woven into its walls . |
16 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
17 | It quickly emerged that a good deal of potential support was coming from those Conservative Members who had been elected for the first time . |
18 | Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before . |
19 | Among other privations , energy rationing had been introduced for the first time in the capital , Havana , in mid-April . |
20 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
21 | Confirmation classes have been televised for the first time in Estonia . |
22 | Electric lighting and heating have been installed for the first time , but all fittings have been concealed as much as possible and all the original oil lamps and 19th century pews have been retained . |
23 | Regarding the lower levels , it now seems that the first-century building was an elaborate Roman house richly decorated with stuccoes and fresco , the remains of which have been published for the first time . |
24 | The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved . |
25 | Merseyside duo Jamie Cassidy ( Liverpool ) and David Thompson ( Wirral ) have been picked for the first England boys under 15s national trial at the Lilleshall Sports Centre next weekend . |
26 | This is primarily due to process integration — eg filtration and drying have been combined for the first time in the Pergascript operation . |