Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 2 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . |
| 5 | In 1906 an adverse report by the Board of Education 's inspectors on infant education led to the Board for the first time limiting school provision for children under five — hitherto the normal age for the entry of working-class children to full-time education had been three . |
| 6 | The right-wing Popular Party ( PP ) improved its position and the Alava Union ( UA ) , a new provincial splinter group of PP , entered the parliament for the first time . |
| 7 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | While it would be possible to restrict the use of some of these functions to particular staff , all are within the comprehension of the first time user . |
| 10 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 11 | Then , on 20 June , the Germans for the first time employed a new type of diphosgene gas shell . |
| 12 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 13 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 14 | It was marked by the presence for the first time at the UN of Russian President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 15 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 16 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 17 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 18 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 19 | The authorities for the first time gave permission for an opposition demonstration on March 7 . |
| 20 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 21 | Colette Morrison , Equality Officer , is an Officer of the Association for the first time . |
| 22 | Labour 's rather narrow parliamentary majority in 1964 was chiefly an effect of a slump in Tory support and continuing electoral revival of the Liberals ( who received over 10 per cent of the vote for the first time since the war ) . |
| 23 | THEY really are changing the guard at Buckingham Palace today — women take part in the ceremony for the first time . |
| 24 | In 1960 the candidates for the first time debated on television , and politics began an almost metaphysical transformation : the external world was miraculously reconvened as powdered images upon America 's internal screen . |
| 25 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |
| 26 | He had often imagined seeing the enemy for the first time , but it was strange how very commonplace and yet how exciting this baptism was . |
| 27 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 28 | Shocked , she looked him fully in the eyes for the first time . |
| 29 | In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations , there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions . |
| 30 | This autumn it 's own range of clothing appears in the shops for the first time . |