Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun prp] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 2 | Charlie Haughey : the man who groomed a woman to lead one of the major political parties in Ireland for the first time . |
| 3 | Simon Vinkenoog , the founder of Sigma Nederland provided a piece from Amsterdam for the first issue on the then prominent Provos , the proto-Green anarchists who had just won seats on that city 's council . |
| 4 | A COURSE in cancer counselling is to be run at Magee College in Londonderry for the first time . |
| 5 | Lawrie Smith , crewed by Ossie Stewart and Rob Cruikshank , takes the Soling place while Shirley Robertson will be the British representative in the Europe , the single-handed dinghy for women that is being used in this year 's Olympics in Barcelona for the first time . |
| 6 | A REBEL priest who defies church law by marrying divorced Catholics is to conduct a wedding in Edinburgh for the first time next year . |
| 7 | I remember that , a few years later , when I took Richard to London for the first time , we experienced a very heavy raid . |
| 8 | Up for grabs are six travel awards from Larne to Cairnryan for the first male and female in each of three age categories . |
| 9 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 10 | Butter is in the supermarkets of Timisoara for the first time since March last year . |
| 11 | The Chanak crisis , which erupted in late September , drove Baldwin to the newsstands of Aix for the first time . |
| 12 | The trio are said to have run off after punching the glass-framed painting , House and the Vessel by Canadian artist Elaine Kowalsky , who is exhibiting her work in Liverpool for the first time , at a private viewing at the Merkmal Gallery , Faulkner Street , Toxteth . |
| 13 | Several Cabinet ministers will address the two-day gathering which is being held at the Royal International Pavilion in Llangollen for the first time . |
| 14 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 15 | Enough money came in by mid-March for Chris , a Courtaulds worker for 18 years , and Lorraine to take Leannda to Boston for the first step in the long road to restoring her sight . |
| 16 | AUGUST 1991 , and Arsenal , my team the reigning champions , take the field against QPR for the first game of the new season . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the total estimated annual operating costs of Trident for the first five years of operation . |
| 18 | Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final . |
| 19 | Now that they have achieved that ambition ahead of schedule , Stokes has the chance to take a team into Europe for the first time next season . |
| 20 | There are bound to be some tears around the 4th and 10th but , with Jupiter in Libra for the first time in a decade , you can not allow yourself to be constrained any more . |
| 21 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 22 | The first day of term in the Foley household meant that Jack would put on a college scarf and head into UCD for the first time . |
| 23 | We have no regional offices , and do not appear in any local telephone books ; publicity material like the leaflets have HQ address on them and so many people making contact with CPRW for the first time , no matter where they live , come first to us . |
| 24 | Benne Johannsen , manager of the Danish champions , travelled to Georgia with Linfield for the first leg and he 's not too keen on going back . |
| 25 | Michael Roberts rode six winners in a day in Britain for the first time on Saturday . |
| 26 | After the race Mrs Fagan was presented with the trophy , a set of three cut glass decanters , by Mrs Alan Munns , whose husband is managing director of Munns who were sponsoring a race at Ascot for the first time . |
| 27 | Prison officers will be on strike across Scotland for the first time in their history . |
| 28 | The old flag was raised over the Supreme Soviet building in Riga for the first time on Feb. 27 . |
| 29 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 30 | He is determined to lead his injury-stricken outfit to victory in France for the first time in 22 years and last night insisted : ‘ I 've had to fight for respect in rugby league . |