Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , foreign languages were clearly expected to be taught for communication in the first place . |
| 2 | These days the Glaswegian goes for consistency in the first ten places while riding as an understudy to a leader like LeMond . |
| 3 | If we go back to the education example , and suppose that the first vote is between L and M , then if the rich vote sincerely L wins , and in the second round H defeats L. On the other hand , if the rich had voted for M in the first round , then M would have gone on to win in the second round . |
| 4 | According to the Home Office statistics the number of people applying for asylum in the first quarter of 1992 more than halved , from 3730 a month last year to 1730 a month this year . |
| 5 | The man hitherto thought to have played for Australia in the first two test ( meaning international ) matches on record , at Melbourne in 1876–77 , now turns out to have been quite another Hodges . |
| 6 | They had Millwall running for cover in the first half and for once made the most of their superiority . |
| 7 | He was offered constituencies ; it was taken for granted that he would stand for Parliament in the first post-war elections . |
| 8 | John voted for Michael in the first ballot . |
| 9 | Some , perhaps not without malice , averred that Capella was what did for Mars in the first place , god knows how many aeons ago . |
| 10 | The root is best dug for use in the first autumn after permanent planting . |
| 11 | A second round of voting , in constituencies which had not been able to complete their quota of candidates , was announced for May 8 ; in this round , the candidates with most votes would be declared elected , even if they received less than the 30 per cent required for election in the first round . |