Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean they were banging they were banging fifteen hundred in for that disco for the first |
| 2 | At the same election the Republicans gained twelve seats in the Senate and won control of that chamber for the first time in twenty-five years . |
| 3 | Having listened to most of that stuff for the first time in seven years yesterday , most of it is pretty embarrassing . |
| 4 | Christina felt herself relaxing with Elaine , and was enjoying the company of another female for the first time in weeks . |
| 5 | Many people seemed to become aware of such things for the first time in their lives . |
| 6 | I intend to keep the fry in a number of these nets for the first few weeks of their lives and feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp . |
| 7 | Anyone using the double-paddle of these canoes for the first time finds his ( or her ) chest expanded in a strain on shoulder muscles he never knew were there until he started canoeing . |
| 8 | What a pleasure it is to hear some of these pieces for the first time in clear digital sound ! |
| 9 | ‘ I remember seeing some of those photos for the first time , I mean the ones with women with chicken heads laying eggs . |
| 10 | The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has been sufficiently impressed with the results so far to finance the printing of enough copies for the first year pupils of three comprehensive schools beginning in September 1985 . |
| 11 | In response to Air Ministry Specification R14/24 calling for a large , long-range flying-boat , Blackburn Aircraft ventured into this field for the first time in 1924 with their RB.1 Iris ( Blackburn 's previous flying-boat experience had been with the diminutive N.1B and Pellet single-seat designs ) . |
| 12 | The micro , which is itself able to display rich patterns of behaviour , perhaps presents us with these opportunities for the first time . |
| 13 | No doubt human settlers , moving into these forests for the first time , were delighted and surprised to find such fertile meadows in the heart of the dense forest and built their homes beside them . |
| 14 | It 's about those flats for the first act . |
| 15 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 16 | He took in that fact for the first time ; in spite of his knowing job , he had a clownish naîveté about fate and always tended to be innocent of the possibility of calamity . |
| 17 | Some learn in this way for the first time about what goes on inside a university . |
| 18 | Several of the articles in this important collection produced over the last ten years and gathered together in this volume for the first time , focus particularly on ordinary femininity . |
| 19 | In the Dominican Republic , brewing of Guinness under licence commenced during the year , making the brand available in this market for the first time . |
| 20 | Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century . |
| 21 | In the event of trouble , many of the non-union operators now would have easier access — in some cases for the first time — to the political system and its protective police arm . |
| 22 | Today , Kirov intended to call upon this facility for the first time . |
| 23 | In these texts for the first time we find ‘ precatory ’ being used to describe the essential nature of trusts , and as the key to discovering what legal institution is involved . |
| 24 | Another important feature of the election was the relatively weak showing of the extreme right-wing Republicans ( Republikaner ) , who gained seats in several councils for the first time but whose votes lagged far behind those obtained in the European elections in June 1989 and forecast in recent opinion-poll findings . |
| 25 | ‘ As you can see , now that we have stopped exposing ourselves to Tramen-exhalation we have developed heads and can talk to each other for the first time . |
| 26 | Along with the island 's hydro-electric scheme — bringing power to some houses for the first time — and the harbour improvements , the incident will probably go down in Shetland annals as another stage in Foula 's modernisation . |
| 27 | And he must have gone to those churches for the first time . |
| 28 | Shire Counties fared just as strangely , with both Cumbria and Northumberland being at the extreme low end of the ranking in change among these authorities for the first two years and yet requiring one of the largest increases in the third . |
| 29 | They looked at each other for the first time with a long , speculative look , weighing up the possibilities honestly and in much the same terms . |
| 30 | In such a situation in a foreign country I am never able to speak the language , so when they asked for my passport I just said ‘ Hotel ’ , because Spanish hotels always kept visitors ' passports , at any rate for the first night . |