Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people seemed to become aware of such things for the first time in their lives . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What a pleasure it is to hear some of these pieces for the first time in clear digital sound ! |
| 5 | ‘ I remember seeing some of those photos for the first time , I mean the ones with women with chicken heads laying eggs . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The micro , which is itself able to display rich patterns of behaviour , perhaps presents us with these opportunities for the first time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It 's about those flats for the first act . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And he must have gone to those churches for the first time . |
| 16 | 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 . |