Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 32 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |
| 33 | At the funeral Judith comes to terms with grief for the first time since the birth . |
| 34 | Sean Dodds , for Kelly , said he was out with his girlfriend for the first time since the birth of their baby . |
| 35 | APRIL 24 : Members of the British Racing Drivers ' Club ( BRDC ) , the parent company of SCL , are told about the deal for the first time at their AGM . |
| 36 | ‘ We have lost two League games in succession for the first time since August . |
| 37 | Rangers ' goalkeeper , who has a valid claim to the title of Britain 's best by his displays in Europe this season , has missed two matches in succession for the first time since joining the club from Hibs and will not train today . |
| 38 | Mr Major is expected to meet the new president for the first time before Christmas . |
| 39 | Back in the driving seat for the first time in 40 years the memories came flooding back . |
| 40 | The Barcelona regatta marks the return of slalom to the Olympic programme for the first time in 20 years and Britain have strong hopes of a string of medals . |
| 41 | He is described as a teacher of rhetoric , but this was probably not a slightly anachronistic reference to Artemidorus of Daldis , whose dream-books were becoming popularly available in print on the Continent for the first time in the second half of the sixteenth century in Latin and Greek . |
| 42 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 43 | He is under 13 stone in weight for the first time since his teens . |
| 44 | Some pupils come to the Department for the first time in their Sixth Year . |
| 45 | One further return to Carolingian precedent occurred at the very end of Louis VII 's reign , when coinage from the king 's mints and bearing his image began to circulate outside the royal demesne for the first time since the late ninth century . |
| 46 | Labour 's rather narrow parliamentary majority in 1964 was chiefly an effect of a slump in Tory support and continuing electoral revival of the Liberals ( who received over 10 per cent of the vote for the first time since the war ) . |
| 47 | Barry fits a visor on his colt for the first time in the Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup in a bid to cover all the angles . |
| 48 | ‘ When my father , six months before his death , saw the car for the first time at the Paris show — where he decided to go even though his health was not good — he fell in love with it immediately . |
| 49 | I attend college for the first time in weeks . |
| 50 | Next day — possibly anticipating that the fighter defences had been crippled by the attrition of the 22nd. , the Axis appeared in force for the first time in some days as a further convoy reached the island . |
| 51 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 52 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 53 | A&R staff do n't listen to a tape for the first time in front of a new artist . |
| 54 | This will coincide with the completion of intensive redecoration of the Primate 's Palace , thus enabling the complete sequence of all six tapestries to be seen in their original setting for the first time in thirty years . |
| 55 | The decision by the Financial Times to back Labour for the first time since 1966 was attacked by Sir John Banham , director general of the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 56 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 57 | But most of all , they have the determination to put their name on the trophy for the first time as a tribute to club president George Blower who tragically died at the end of a league game almost four weeks ago . |
| 58 | Until then , Cambridge had looked set to record only their second win in 17 years and to take the trophy for the first time since its introduction by the present sponsors in 1987 . |
| 59 | This was always going to be a difficult match for Hammer to win , as they were up against a ‘ Mill side eager to take the trophy for the first time since 1974 . |
| 60 | Victory over Portsmouth is essential if Liverpool are to avoid completing two consecutive seasons without a major trophy for the first time in 20 years . |