Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] first [noun sg] and " in BNC.

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1 In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’
2 The Annamese mandarin looked at Joseph 's eager face for a moment , then his eyes lost their watchful look for the first time and he smiled .
3 The All Whites , staying on course for a First Division and cup double , were only 10–0 up at half-time with a stiff breeze behind them .
4 The North Region PGA brought an event to the Darlington municipal course for the first time and tournament controller Les Massey said : ‘ We ca n't fault this place .
5 Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less .
6 So the subjects had clearly realized this aspect of the dynamic solution between doing the experiment for the first time and for the second .
7 It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high .
8 When I tell you that , every year , 100,000 people in England and Wales suffer a stroke for the first time and that some of these may be unborn babies or small children , then I am sure that you will want to help .
9 The new accommodation means we are under one roof for the first time and this means communication between departments , a critical factor in my job , is improved tremendously .
10 Students intending to take a joint degree join either department for the first year and since requirements of two departments must be satisfied , joint degree students normally have a restricted choice of courses in first and second years .
11 Fourteen pound for the firs er twelve pound for the first half and fourteen for the second .
12 Two years ago , he took charge of the Elliott Sports Jets side who won the women 's trophy for the first time and , on Sunday , he will be plotting the downfall of Su Ragazzi in the men 's final .
13 He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation .
14 If we wish , we can establish one melody for the first verse and merely repeat it in the others , possibly varying some factor such as accompaniment , volume , colour , etc .
15 It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way .
16 Of greater interest to The Times was the attendance of the King at the match for the first time and the fact that a cuckoo had been heard in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace .
17 The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory .
18 It lent to his words an air of impressive finality , as if he had been thinking out each point for the first time and had come to a halt .
19 The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil .
20 A third building included a single-storey office which incorporated a design studio and dark room for the first time and enabled Laura to organize her print and pattern research .
21 ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride .
22 Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable .
23 And we got plenty more attention , too , when Davis went out into the Crucible Theatre arena as world champion for the first time and promptly got slaughtered 10-1 by a complete unknown by the name of Tony Knowles .
24 As they passed him , he looked directly at Midnight for the first time and said with genuine feeling : ‘ I 'm sorry .
25 The new release sees the System climb off the mainframe for the first time and there are the expected implementations for OS/2 , Microsoft Corp Windows and Digital Equipment Corp 's OpenVMS .
26 The survey asks whether these categories of worker are , or have been , employed , and if so how many , but with reference to the previous month for the first category and the previous 12 months for the second category .
27 I think I could pay you two shillings a week for the first year and we 'd have to see how things went .
28 Child benefit goes up to £10 a week for the first child and Pounds 8.10 for each subsequent child .
29 Patients were reviewed every week for the first month and every other week until food reintroductions were completed .
30 She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her .
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