Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
2 | That shows that both the president 's National Party ( NP ) and the ANC intend to be prepared for the first non-racial elections for a constituent assembly ; it is also a clear sign that both of them are sure that they can convince the other parties that the path they have laid down is the one to follow . |
3 | A decree issued on Sept. 16 stated that the profits of all wholly Omani-owned companies were to be taxed for the first time from the end of 1989 . |
4 | The immediate post-war period again provided the optimism that had existed in 1920 , and the farm worker appeared to be poised for the first time to achieve equality of pay and status with workers in other industries . |
5 | Bargains began to be made for the first time , and it became readily apparent to the men that whatever rights they thought they had lost , had been transposed by an orderly system which benefited them as well as the Mineral Lord . |
6 | DeFreitas had been considered fortunate to be selected for the first Test , when he was left out of the original squad but leapfrogged Essex seamer Mark Ilott after Alan Igglesden pulled out injured on the eve of the game . |
7 | There were grandchildren to be met for the first time . |
8 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
9 | In 1911 the Parliament Act was passed permitting members of the British parliament to be paid for the first time . |
10 | Graham Thorpe , unlucky not to be chosen for the first Test against Australia , issued a timely reminder to the England selectors with an unbeaten 90 as Surrey struggled against joint championship leaders Glamorgan at the Oval . |
11 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of competition in a new music competition to be held for the first time this year . |
12 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of music in a competition to be held for the first time . |
13 | One of the world 's few truly great beers was about to be brewed for the first time . |
14 | He hopes to be challenging for the first team by Christmas . |
15 | But child benefit is to be frozen for the first time in two years . |
16 | Bonaventure of the St John of God Hospitallers , welcomed everyone on arrival at the centre which was to be used for the first time . |
17 | Variable speed allowed the most aggressive setting — 7 on the control dial — to be used for the first stages , and a gentler 3 or 4 cleaned up the veneer surface . |
18 | THE ORGANISERS of the World Student Games to be held in Sheffield in 1991 intend to foot the bill for the Games , which will have to be staged for the first time without direct financial help from the host government , by raising £18m through sponsorship . |