Example sentences of "[noun] for the first time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 2 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 3 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 4 | He was also still considerably lighter , although as he rolled his sleeves right up to the top of his arms , Ellie for the first time was aware of the amount of muscle he seemed to have gained . |
| 5 | Many Irish women , including myself , who had come to England for the first time were truly shocked by the levels of anti-Irish racism directed at us . |
| 6 | The oldest European trees seldom exceed 700 or 800 years , so that European explorers seeing California redwoods for the first time were awestruck by their size and age . |
| 7 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 8 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 9 | Seeing him lying in an incubator for the first time was a uniquely distressing experience . |
| 10 | None of the three Conservative candidates standing in the area for the first time was elected . |
| 11 | Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . |
| 12 | So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives . |
| 13 | After being taken round by a six or seven year old , parents visiting the school for the first time were given the opportunity to talk to me or to one of my colleagues . |
| 14 | As Nell followed , the rows of screens for the first time were blank , showing no signs of life . |
| 15 | Perhaps the best approach to reading a proof for the first time is positively to disbelieve each assertion made . |