Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] for [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Heavens no , ’ agreed Julia , thinking about the Easter plans for the first time that evening . |
| 2 | Boots The chemist are to open pharmacy concessions for the first time in seven JS branches in late July . |
| 3 | The King meets with opposition leaders for the first time . |
| 4 | Foreign investors were allowed direct access into domestic stock markets for the first time from June 5 . |
| 5 | ‘ Live ’ delivered a hit single in ‘ No Woman No Cry ’ and put Marley into the album charts for the first time . |
| 6 | In a major government reorganization in Croatia on Aug. 1 Tudjman included opposition politicians for the first time in a new " government of democratic unity " which continued to be dominated by the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) with 11 out of 27 posts . |
| 7 | A PUBLIC inquiry today could make legal history as the Nature Conservancy Council attempts for the first time to purchase compulsorily a farmer 's land to protect a rich wildlife habitat . |
| 8 | This established licensing hours for the first time , and put brewers on the defensive . |
| 9 | These will allow Chinese enterprises independent decision-making powers for the first time and allow them to compete with each other in the marketplace . |
| 10 | Alongside the new universities themselves , starting their degree courses from scratch and employing large numbers of sometimes rather dubiously qualified new lecturers , there was a parallel development in the polytechnics , many of them offering degree courses for the first time , and devising courses in subjects such as literature , languages , and philosophy that had nothing whatever to do with the technology-based courses for which they had first been invented . |
| 11 | We can also see some colleges and institutes of higher education , in trying to develop distinctive degree courses for the first time , taking pride in acting as ‘ coherent , self-critical academic communities ’ when difficult choices are made in determining where effort and scarce resources are best applied in the short term . |
| 12 | The Polish government has published figures on lead emissions for the first time . |
| 13 | The Santa Cruz Operation Inc is sidling up even closer to Compaq Computer Corp , following the signing of a worldwide OEM agreement which will see Compaq putting all SCO products through its marketing channels for the first time . |
| 14 | Being £1,000 cheaper than the more powerful direct injection diesel Audi 80 TDI , the 80 TD brings the Audi 80 saloon within reach of many diesel buyers for the first time . |
| 15 | The never-say-die 69 year-old widower is also taking piano lessons for the first time . |
| 16 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 17 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 18 | Putting your feet into a pair of ski boots for the first time can be alarming . |
| 19 | The NRA will introduce legally binding water quality standards for the first time for all types of water under its control ( rivers , canals and estuaries ) . |
| 20 | Probaby the most hopeful news is that Brazil , the world 's largest Catholic nation is going to put AIDS and sexual education onto the curriculum of state schools for the first time from February this year . |
| 21 | It takes us from Brussels to Valkenbourg , which the Tour visits for the first time , a town at the centre of the ‘ Dutch Alps ’ ; then to Koblenz in Germany , where the Moselle meets the Rhine ; to Luxembourg , then to Strasbourg , the most German of French cities ; and finally to Mulhouse , where the riders have a day off the bike as they transfer to Dole , the beginning of the Alpine stages . |
| 22 | Senior British Government officials for the first time said yesterday that while a trip by two Tory strategists to the US during the campaign had been cleared by the Conservative Party chairman , Sir Norman Fowler , he had not told Mr Major . |
| 23 | Note : sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time . |
| 24 | Worcestershire were next to discover that the demon remains intact , 7 for 29 bringing Sussex consecutive Championship victories for the first time since August 1990 . |
| 25 | Meanwhile SOC forces were reported to have used Soviet-supplied helicopter gunships for the first time in March in an attack on Khmer Rouge positions around Pailin . |
| 26 | While making it easier for people to build up considerable capital assets , and to pass these on intact , the Government has taken a number of measures that have allowed many people to acquire capital assets for the first time . |
| 27 | This search also marked the payment of large headhunting fees for the first time . |
| 28 | In some cases they received support from government services for the first time . |
| 29 | On July 30 the Defence Ministry announced a decision in principle to purchase anti-aircraft missile systems for the first time . |
| 30 | Turning to the Summer of 1992 the railway has an extremely full programme of steam operation using four ex BR mainline engines for the first time . |