Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
2 | These had been directly elected for the first time in 1986 [ see p. 34305 ] . |
3 | In a very real way , I have found , it is the only place where things have been really understood for the first time . |
4 | Such data are not yet available for Europe , but will be imminently presented for the first time . |
5 | It is necessary , therefore , to be well prepared for the first meeting , although unduly high start-up costs should be avoided at this stage . |
6 | Compiled annually , it is a voluminous source which can now be fully exploited for the first time using computer techniques . |
7 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |
8 | At the 1970 Annual General Meeting as said above , rumblings of discontent about the relative rights and status of bondholders were formally voiced for the first time . |
9 | Tailored awards , designed to meet the specific needs of particular organisations and employers , were also offered for the first time , attracting over 500 candidates . |
10 | They were also allowed for the first time to subsidize denominational primary schools . |
11 | Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients . |
12 | NEWLY DEVELOPED by InTec 's materials department , HIVOL ‘ Metal Matrix Composites ’ were recently shown for the first time at an exhibition . |
13 | ‘ The wisdom of pricing gas at parity with imported oil has thus been officially recognised for the first time in Pakistan , despite being electorally unpopular . |
14 | In some countries , marginal land that was previously heath or moorland , as well as much pasture land , has been recently ploughed for the first time in centuries , with the resulting destruction of many archaeological sites . |
15 | Strangely , it was later used for the first city telegraph ! |
16 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |
17 | But in 1888 , two years after my father was born , the newly constituted county councils were created and Oxfordshire was systematically governed for the first time . |
18 | The existence of the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ) , commonly known as MI6 , was publicly acknowledged for the first time by the government when Major announced on May 6 that the service would , like its domestic intelligence counterpart MI5 [ see p. 37158 ] , be placed on a statutory basis during the 1992-93 session of Parliament , and confirmed that its Chief was Sir Colin McColl . |