Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun] for [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | I was living on adrenaline for the first couple of weeks . |
2 | The board meets on Thursday for the first time since the row began and Mr Hussey , Mr Birt and Lord Barnett will be asked to explain the situation . |
3 | Mr Major , about to return to Number 10 after his Portuguese holiday , was urged to take a firm grip over Cabinet trouble-makers , when it meets on Thursday for the first time since July . |
4 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
5 | Notably , the Communist Party ( CPSU ) newspaper Pravda on April 29 gave a devastating assessment of the state of the economy , based on statistics for the first quarter of 1990 which showed falls of 1.0 per cent in gross national product and 1.2 per cent in industrial productivity ; an inflation rate in the consumer sector of 8.0 per cent ( but featuring increases in food prices of up to 20 per cent ) ; and a balance-of-trade deficit of 1,700 million roubles ( approximately US$2,800 million ) . |
6 | Which was amazing as we started working together far too late , there was a shoestring budget , dancers speaking on stage for the first time . |
7 | The All Whites , staying on course for a First Division and cup double , were only 10–0 up at half-time with a stiff breeze behind them . |
8 | THE hearts of millions of viewers will go out to Michael Aspel 's 12-year-old son Patrick when he appears on TV for the first time next month . |
9 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
10 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
11 | It will go on show for the first time at the Biotech ‘ 83 exhibition in London next month . |
12 | The Publicity Committee are planning to have on sale for the first time at Crystal Palace a range of metalled key-rings and pendants which they think will make very nice Christmas presents . |
13 | These recordings are already available on cassette and are now issued on CD for the first time , the first disc is an ADD transfer , but the digital remastering is wholly natural with not artificial brightening of the treble response — as too often happens — and so those who admire warm analogue sound will find this disc wholly to their taste . |
14 | When he was about 3 years old , he put on make-up for the first time . |
15 | Hidden treasures from damp storerooms across Oxfordshire are being moved to a new purpose-built centre , to be put on show for the first time . |
16 | Going beyond these general ‘ offers ’ most stations offer special rates to genuinely local advertisers and for brands being advertised on TV for the first time . |
17 | THE BEATLES : ‘ The Beatles CD Singles Collection ’ Liverpool beat legends ' 22 singles and original B-sides , released on CD for the first time , and issued as a boxed set |
18 | Between 1980 and their split they notched up five albums and their entire back-catalogue has been re-promoted and released on CD for the first time . |
19 | The movie , starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds , is released on video for the first time on September 21 — with the original preview trailer and a deleted sequence of Reynolds singing You Are My Lucky Star . |