Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for the first time " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 A study at the unit was carried out on 80 women under the age of 40 who were pregnant for the first time .
2 In 1933 the Nazis increased their number of seats on the Volkstag to 38 , and were present for the first time in sufficient numbers to have an effect on the business and workings of the chamber .
3 With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light .
4 It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world .
5 I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community .
6 What was new in Althusser was that for the first time this epistemological tradition was developed for a Marxism .
7 Obviously the progress made in educational thinking just prior to 1973 , and in its interpretation , had been quite dramatic and the way was clear for the first time to develop long-term objectives for education .
8 Blake was content for the first time in days .
9 My period was late for the first time ever .
10 The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm .
11 I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant .
12 I was full for the first time in two weeks .
13 In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery .
14 He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance .
15 The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever .
16 His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition .
17 Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her .
18 The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) .
  Next page