Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spain and Portugal took part for the first time , having signed accession protocols on Nov. 14 , 1988 ( see pp. 36105-06 ; 36429 ) . |
| 2 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said turnover for the first quarter of 1993 fell 2.7% to the equivalent of $537m . |
| 3 | Two extreme right parties gained representation for the first time in their respective Länder , the Republicans ( led by Franz Schönhuber ) in Baden-Württemberg and the neo-Nazi German People 's Union ( DVU ) ( led by Gerhard Frey ) in Schleswig-Holstein . |
| 4 | In Land ( state ) elections on April 21 in Kohl 's home state , the Rhineland-Palatinate , the CDU lost power for the first time since 1949 . |
| 5 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 6 | They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time . |
| 7 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |
| 8 | Domestic consumption of grain overtook production for the first time . |
| 9 | When Chris Lewis replaced Malcolm , ball dominated bat for the first time in the match , with nothing to show for it . |
| 10 | The Bramham Three Day Event took place for the first time in 1974 . |
| 11 | This enabled some major figures to show work for the first time . |
| 12 | A new leaflet aimed at young people starting work for the first time has been produced by the Inland Revenue . |
| 13 | 1989 : As CD outsells vinyl for the first time , rumours are rife about the impending arrival of a blank , recordable CD . |
| 14 | WALLACE could return to United 's League starting line-up for the first time in 16 months . |
| 15 | The Gordon Bennett races made way for the first Grand Prix in 1906 when Szisz of Romania won the inaugural French Grand Prix at Le Mans . |
| 16 | By 1924 the party was recognisably the party of today ( McKibbin 1974 p 236 ) , and in a position to take power for the first time . |
| 17 | In 1957 — 8 licence revenue from TV exceeded sound for the first time , and the following year TV expenditure overtook radio . |
| 18 | The loss of a single seat would mean the Tories surrendering control for the first time since nineteen seventy four . |
| 19 | At a meeting on Washington on Feb. 9 climatologists reached agreement for the first time on the assessment of likely climatic effects of the increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation . |
| 20 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 21 | And it is that grouping , the J R P , that have got agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigre People 's Liberation Front to move food for the first time from the Ethiopian government areas into the areas controlled by the Tigre People 's Liberation Front . |
| 22 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |