Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we launched our boat in Rangkul for the first time and motored towards the islands where the birds were said to nest , it was with considerable relief that we saw there were indeed geese , and they were on eggs . |
| 2 | The Military Training Act of 1939 effectively introduced conscription in peacetime for the first time in Britain 's history . |
| 3 | By approving Bevin 's statement the conference committed itself to accepting National Service in peacetime for the first time ever . |
| 4 | Labour Party members had taken part in government for the first time under the wartime coalition of Lloyd George and with the support of the party 's National Executive Committee . |
| 5 | For the Liberals , they gained an indirect foothold in government for the first time since 1931 in peacetime circumstances , and it flattered their self-esteem as a small third force to become part of the governing process . |
| 6 | The article also states that the burden of proof that a standard term has been individually negotiated falls on the seller or supplier , but given the provisions set out in the previous paragraph , it is hard to see how this burden can ever be discharged , unless there has been an individual negotiation at which both parties actually discussed and wrote out the clause in question for the first time . |
| 7 | However , there is a range of content and styles from international research names to the local teacher round the corner in print for the first time , which continually enliven and interest the reader . |
| 8 | He is under 13 stone in weight for the first time since his teens . |
| 9 | Mounds of legal documents were brought to the Court House in Whitminster for the first day of the case between B & Q and Gloucester City Council . |
| 10 | TWO North-East councillors came face to face in court for the first time yesterday over allegations that they assaulted each other . |
| 11 | We are rushing out this newsletter in time for the first summer festival , at Kings Heath Park . |
| 12 | Lawrence was uncertain whether Bernie Slaven would recover from a knee injury in time for the first Manchester United cup-tie . |
| 13 | Madam may feel that having spent so much time in custody for the first offence that he has already suffered sufficient punishment , he 's been kept away from his girlfriend and children , and under those circumstances I would urge you Madam to take a lenient course of action , to make him the subject of a conditional discharge . |
| 14 | Where a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party is representing this party in parliament for the first time the above ( normal ) procedure shall be set in motion not earlier than eighteen months after his or her election as Member of Parliament . |
| 15 | He was only 21 when he answered the call : a young man from a comfortable background who only months earlier had taken an interest in politics for the first time . |