Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Tailored awards , designed to meet the specific needs of particular organisations and employers , were also offered for the first time , attracting over 500 candidates . |
| 4 | They were also allowed for the first time to subsidize denominational primary schools . |
| 5 | Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients . |
| 6 | NEWLY DEVELOPED by InTec 's materials department , HIVOL ‘ Metal Matrix Composites ’ were recently shown for the first time at an exhibition . |
| 7 | Strangely , it was later used for the first city telegraph ! |
| 8 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |