Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 2 | CCG will continue to provide services for the first year of operation and hopefully into the future . |
| 3 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 4 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 5 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 6 | One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years . |