Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither manager would give a clue as to his team , or discuss in depth a match which could see the Republic qualify for the finals for the first time . |
| 2 | Matters came to a head in a break during the sessions for the first LP . |
| 3 | Details of the transactions for the first month are given below . |
| 4 | Details of the transactions for the first month are given below . |
| 5 | Most spectacular was the televising of the Illuminations for the first time in 1951 , using toastrack 166 . |
| 6 | She felt her stroke was due to the fertility drugs she had taken before each pregnancy , rather than to the childbirth itself : for the fifth pregnancy she had received injections of the drugs for the first time . |
| 7 | DID YOU notice the unusual , if not unique , feature of the scorecards for the first Test between England and New Zealand at Christchurch ? |
| 8 | The rent of the premises for the first week of £50 is paid . |
| 9 | Information from the drink diaries , based on a comparison of the averages for the first and the last three weeks of the course , revealed a shift from high to moderate drinking levels for males , that is , from 40 to 32 units per week . |
| 10 | There was , however , disappointment for the government on both counts : investment by industry in the inner cities has remained relatively small , and only 20 per cent of the funds for the first City Technology Colleges came from non-government sources . |
| 11 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
| 12 | Going past the stands for the first time , the Unwins ' Upper Gumtree still showed in front but with Premiere almost alongside ; pampering was on the inside tugging his jockey 's arms out . |
| 13 | Lady Thatcher will be leading a campaign for the referendum and voting against the Tories for the first time ever . |
| 14 | The optimist would point out that the aggregate attendance for the two Tests so far — 31,310 — compares very favourably with the aggregates for the first two Tests of 1980 ( 17,977 ) , and 1985 ( 28,097 ) . |
| 15 | Not suprisingly , it was a nerve-racking finale but eventually the more experienced Australians triumphed 5-7 , 6-4 , 6-0 , to carry their country into the semi-finals for the first time in four years . |
| 16 | I was going to miss that magic moment of seeing air under the tyres for the first time . |
| 17 | But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs . |
| 18 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 19 | An extra-full crew of Swallows — Bridget is old enough to join in the adventures for the first time — and the two visiting Amazons turn surveyors , until they encounter those muddy indigenous savages , the Eels and the Mastodon , and the hostilities replace exploration . |
| 20 | The number of boys fluctuated around 100 , but the School at last seemed to have become viable , a credit balance appearing in the accounts for the first time . |
| 21 | The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . |
| 22 | It 's included in the games for the first time . |
| 23 | Keighley has also been involved in the arrangements for the first conference of clinical research nurses , at which they hope formally to launch a national organisation ( still to be named ) . |
| 24 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 25 | Shocked , she looked him fully in the eyes for the first time . |
| 26 | This autumn it 's own range of clothing appears in the shops for the first time . |
| 27 | Until he won the Paris Open earlier this month — where he also beat world No 1 Courier — he was n't even certain to qualify for this ‘ best eight ’ in the world ’ tournament , having fallen to 10th in the rankings for the first time in eight years , and failing to make a Grand Slam final for the first time in five . |
| 28 | Jack Charlton 's Irish , in the finals for the first time , join Colombia , Uruguay , Czechoslovakia , Romania and Sweden in the third pool . |
| 29 | Jack Charlton 's Irish , in the finals for the first time , join Colombia , Uruguay , Czechoslovakia , Romania and Sweden in the third pool . |
| 30 | Things started to go wrong after just 16 minutes when Steve Norris raced through and lobbed the ball over the heads for the first goal … |