Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 2 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 3 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 4 | The 26-year-old right back , capped for the only time two years ago , increases to 26 the squad that manager Graham Taylor expects to fly out to Katowice next Thursday for the first of the Group Two qualifiers next Saturday . |
| 5 | Vodafone Group Plc 's Vodata Ltd has launched a facsimile broadcast service , Vodafax Broadcast : users load information onto a personal computer or facsimile machine and send it to their unique number : information is automatically distributed to a predefined list of recipients , either immediately or at a pre-set time ; there is a £25 connection charge , a £10 monthly charge for the first distribution list and a £5 monthly charge for subsequent lists ; distribution costs from 10p to 14p per minute per recipient . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND took the Amateur Home International Championship for the first time with an 11-7 victory over the Republic of Ireland at Prestatyn yesterday . |
| 7 | The three major US car makers saw their stock prices decline after analysts predicted quarterly losses on their North American businesses for the first time since the 1982 recession . |
| 8 | During this run they won the South American Championship for the first time in 40 years and qualified for the World Cup . |
| 9 | You can see on the Covermaster , on an escalating plan , it 's twenty percent each year for the first four years . |
| 10 | This was brought about in no small degree by the invention in the 1890s of the safety bicycle which gave a wide cross-section of the population real mobility for the first time . |
| 11 | Midfielder Willie Falconer could figure in a Boro first-team squad for the first time since September . |
| 12 | It has an average of thirteen point five marks for the first X plus one tests . |
| 13 | Another student has his average as thirteen point five marks for the first blah blah blah , right . |
| 14 | The AirBreak group , which also includes Next Holidays , Peter Pan Ltd and Suntan Tours , revealed a £2.9 million loss for the first six months of this year . |
| 15 | 24 year old Shaun Gooch and 22 year old Anthony Gallagher , both from Swindon arrived at Gloucester Crown Court this morning for the first day of their trial . |
| 16 | Assistance amounting to DM800,000,000 for the UK military effort for the first quarter of 1991 was announced on Jan. 30 . |
| 17 | The yield to maturity on the active-issues index of Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette , a Wall Street brokerage , fell below 19% last month for the first time since September . |
| 18 | Under the leadership of a woman Prime Minister for the first time in western European history , the forces of the right , of private business , and the beleaguered middle class regrouped to redesign their nation before it was too late . |
| 19 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 20 | On April 25 , 1990 , the three Western allies announced that they had agreed to allow West Berliners to vote in West German elections for the first time since 1949 ( hitherto the West Berlin city legislature had sent 22 non-voting delegates to the Bundestag and had similar status within the Bundesrat ) . |
| 21 | THE European Community Cross Country Cup competition comes to Britain this weekend for the first time , with races at Hartsdown Park in Margate tomorrow , writes John Rodda . |
| 22 | General Motors and Ford both expect to lose money on car manufacturing this quarter for the first time since the 1982 recession , largely as a result of overcapacity in the market . |
| 23 | On Jan. 29 Kohl promised a further DM8,300 million towards the US military campaign for the first three months of 1991 plus further military assistance to Turkey ( air defence missiles and 600-strong crew ) and to Israel . |
| 24 | Bush issued an executive order on Aug. 22 which called up US military reservists for the first time since 1968 ( for the Vietnam war ) and as the month progressed there was increasing US pressure for other countries ( particularly its NATO allies ) to contribute ground forces to Saudi Arabia . |
| 25 | President Bush issues an executive order calling up US military reservists for the first time since 1968 . |
| 26 | In the First World War Britain experienced conscription for the first time , and the mobilization not only of the whole work force but also of many women , hitherto not in employment , to assist the war effort . |
| 27 | The North Region PGA brought an event to the Darlington municipal course for the first time and tournament controller Les Massey said : ‘ We ca n't fault this place . |
| 28 | Yesterday he left out of the second Test against the West Indies his second humiliation of the winter after being 12th man for the first Test . |
| 29 | Alexei Mikhailichenko , the Ukrainian , will be number one choice for the first leg tie against Lyngby of Denmark at Ibrox on Wednesday . |
| 30 | The legislation gives the police statutory powers for the first time to impose conditions on public meetings ( although not to ban them outright ) . |