Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WITH the two main floodlit tournaments in Junior Rugby just around the corner , many clubs are looking forward to the opportunity to sharpen their skills in preparation for the first batch of league matches . |
| 2 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 3 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 4 | The Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) won 28 per cent and 26 seats , the right-wing National Conciliation Party ( PCN ) 9 per cent and nine seats and the left-wing Democratic Convergence ( CD ) 12.2 per cent and eight seats , although earlier estimates had suggested that the CD , which took part for the first time in a legislative election , had overtaken the PCN into third place . |
| 5 | The budget for the first half of 1918 had been estimated at 17.6 milliard roubles expenditure , but revenue at only 2.8 milliard . |
| 6 | On Jan. 24 , the budget for the first quarter of 1992 , amounting to 420,500 million roubles , was adopted by the Supreme Soviet . |
| 7 | Debate began in the Sejm ( the lower house of parliament ) on Jan. 4 on the government 's provisional budget for the first quarter of 1992 , which included cuts planned by the previous administration of Jan Bielecki and continued reductions in state subsidies . |
| 8 | Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years . |
| 9 | Lisburn , with a 13-point cushion , go to Strangford Road at the top of their form and if they can come away with a maximum haul of 22 points , will be very comfortably placed at home to North the following week , with the prospect of the trophy making its way back to Wallace Park for the first time since 1980 . |
| 10 | CLIVE ALLEN scored twice , but Trevor Morley was sent off as European football last night returned to Upton Park for the first time in 11 years . |
| 11 | Little dabs of left brake counteracted the crosswind for the first couple of hundred yards , but above sixty knots the rudders became effective and she was easy to align just beside the centreline lights to spare us their jolting . |
| 12 | KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November . |
| 13 | Another was the last goal he scored for us , on 30 September 1967 when , in front of a record crowd for a League fixture of 30,006 , Terry struck the only goal of the match against QPR , to put the Palace on top of the 2nd Division for the first time in our history . |
| 14 | John Sewell has a unique claim to a place in any gallery of Palace heroes , because he was the popular and talented skipper of the team which took our club into the 1st Division for the first time in its history , back in 1969 . |
| 15 | North-East football joined in the celebrations with Newcastle United victorious at Leicester City ending any lingering doubts they might drop into the Third Division for the first time in their illustrious history . |
| 16 | The prospect of playing in the Premier Division for the first time in the decade which has elapsed since he played for Rangers has put a spring in the striker 's step . |
| 17 | Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third . |
| 18 | The bonus is combined with your normal pension payment for the first week in December , so if you have not received it by the end of that month ask at your local Social Security office . |
| 19 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
| 20 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 21 | The hotel has targeted its occupancy for the first year at 55 per cent , which , Mr Nitschke says , is realistic . |
| 22 | New telephone numbers have been issued to all staff , but a few main enquiry numbers will be retained and calls on the old numbers will be transferred to the new building for the first couple of months . |
| 23 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 24 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 25 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 26 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |
| 27 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 28 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 29 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 30 | Yeltsin and Bush had also agreed in principle that Russian cosmonauts should fly aboard a US space shuttle and conduct joint space walks with US astronauts in October 1993 , and agreed to ( i ) a possible rendezvous and docking mission between the Mir and the US space shuttle in 1994 or 1995 ; ( ii ) possible US participation in a Russian robot mission to Mars ; ( iii ) joint exchange visits by US and Russian aerospace companies to investigate joint ventures and procurement opportunities ; and ( iv ) US support for the first launch of a US-built satellite aboard a Russian Proton rocket . |