Example sentences of "[adv] for the first [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the original group , Crest Homes , has now decided to go it alone for the first stage of the project . |
| 2 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 3 | Do not give the child eggs , fish , chocolate , wheat , oranges , peanuts or other nuts for at least the first six months , and preferably for the first year of life . |
| 4 | KEVIN COOMBS Norman Lamont arrives yesterday for the first meeting of the Cabinet since the Budget |
| 5 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 6 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 7 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 8 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 9 | Even the best performers sometimes get a tickle in their throats — Jose Carreras warming up for the first night of the Sudeley Summer Festival . |
| 10 | Make a note of these in your garden diary , and watch carefully for the first sign of bud swelling , for they will need pruning first . |
| 11 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
| 12 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |
| 13 | Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up . |
| 14 | The draw 's been made today for the first round of the FA Cup … and here 's |
| 15 | For some sections of the labour force , prosperous years which had begun in the 1780s continued at least for the first part of the war . |
| 16 | Between 1713 and 1763 they paid little attention to the colonies in America , and at least for the first half of the period it was hard to see what else could have been done . |
| 17 | Not that she was destined to get any practice at such a mega-speed , since Downes , at least for the first half of the interview , was to enunciate his words with the slow deliberation of a stupefied zombie . |
| 18 | My arrival put paid to her travels — at least for the first couple of years . ’ |
| 19 | The old nomes grumbled among themselves , and scanned the sky anxiously for the first signs of robins or reindeer . |
| 20 | THE policeman whose hand was sewn back on after it was horrifically severed by a Samurai sword has spoken publicly for the first time of his ordeal . |