Example sentences of "[adj] for the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 2 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 3 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 4 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 5 | The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
| 7 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 8 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 9 | Does he also admit that for the first time in the history of the national health service , waiting lists for day patients and in-patients combined have risen above 900,000 people ? |
| 10 | It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court . |
| 11 | And I think a significant point is that for the first time in ninety three we were likely to take something in , in relation to B Sky B. |
| 12 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 13 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 14 | It is curious that it should have happened , that Michel came upon the scene the very instant she was really free for the first time in her life . |
| 15 | She felt triumphantly free for the first time in her life . |
| 16 | Now I 've found out that he is n't my father I 'm learning to be free for the first time in my life , do you understand ? ’ |
| 17 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 18 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 19 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 20 | Government troops had been landed on the north coast of Bougainville in April 1991 for the first time since being forced to withdrew from the territory in 1990 . |
| 21 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 22 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 23 | Blake was content for the first time in days . |
| 24 | Moreover , hitherto unexploited elements of warfare — defensive barbed wire and massed machine-guns — were being deployed along the whole front of some 563km/350mls , manned for the first time in history by millions of men . |
| 25 | The sense of failure that haloed his bowed head made Clare conscious for the first time of his identity as a person . |
| 26 | As investors and the better-paid alike give thanks for their deliverance , that most essential and intangible ingredient for economic recovery — confidence — is suddenly present for the first time in three years . |
| 27 | In 1933 the Nazis increased their number of seats on the Volkstag to 38 , and were present for the first time in sufficient numbers to have an effect on the business and workings of the chamber . |
| 28 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
| 29 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 30 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |