Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adj] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
2 | Their report , published by the Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , draws on climate data made available for the first time to the West by the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences . |
3 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
4 | Financial compensation became available for the first time for criminal injuries ; the community service order raised hopes as an alternative to custody ; and an elaborate system of parole , later greatly expanded , was instituted . |
5 | Council goes public for the first time |
6 | In 1887 , he hit 151 for England against MCC at Lord 's in the Centenary Match , he and Shrewsbury adding 266 for the first wicket . |
7 | Sam became aware for the first time how bad he smelled . |
8 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
9 | Meanwhile , in Bosnia the heads of its three warring armies met face-to-face for the first time yesterday and signed a ceasefire deal for the whole republic . |
10 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
11 | It makes far more sense to do two for the first day , then you can judge how many you can get through in a day from those two . |
12 | Tokyo touched 26000 for the first time since last August . |
13 | Carlsbad , California-based Stac Electronics Inc is meeting the challenge of the built-in data compression in MS-DOS 6.0 , formally launched by Microsoft Corp yesterday with its own new Stacker 3.1 for Windows and MS-DOS : the company says the new version achieves new levels of safety and ease of use by taking advantage of special operating system features available for the first time in MS-DOS 6.0 ; when loaded , it replaces Microsoft 's DoubleSpace , and integrates the Stacker LZS compression into the operating system , and Stac claims that unlike DoubleSpace , which is based on data compression technology licensed from Vertisoft Systems Inc , $150 Stacker 3.1 is also fully compatible with earlier MS-DOSes . |
14 | Shortly after incitement to racial hatred became criminal for the first time in 1965 , for example , some commentators questioned whether Jewish persons were covered by the Act , pointing to the argument that the Jewish community has a religious rather than a racial identity . |
15 | BRITAIN 'S most bitter boxing rivals bawled it out during a chance encounter in London yesterday when Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank came face-to-face for the first time in 25 months since their epic world title fight . |
16 | The inevitability of death becomes real for the first time . |