Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] first [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan should not be formulated and then forgotten after grant for the first year has been obtained . |
| 2 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 3 | In 1906 an adverse report by the Board of Education 's inspectors on infant education led to the Board for the first time limiting school provision for children under five — hitherto the normal age for the entry of working-class children to full-time education had been three . |
| 4 | The budget deficit ceiling was set at 950,100 million roubles ( US$1=0.5461 roubles at the official rate as at July 13 , 1992 ) , representing 12-14 per cent of the projected 1992 gross national product ( for projected deficit for the first quarter see p. 38923 ) . |
| 5 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 6 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 7 | Some similar process in Ursula presumably explained her willingness for the first time to discuss arrangements for the funeral , which they agreed should be held as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 9 | Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt 's excellent book , The Bomber Command War Diaries tell us that on the night of 23/24 September Bomber Command for the first time concentrated its main bomber strength on one city — Berlin . |
| 10 | Then she discarded that , too , and left Corrie 's side for the first time to join in with the other children . |
| 11 | As she returned the firm handclasp Lindsey 's smiling gaze for the first time took in the neat , wide-belted white dress , topped by a dark cardigan . |
| 12 | A new leaflet aimed at young people starting work for the first time has been produced by the Inland Revenue . |
| 13 | In 1889 the Prevention of Cruelty and Protection of Children Act for the first time outlawed proven cruelty to children and allowed children in certain circumstances to be removed from their families to a place of safety , usually a charitable institution such as Barnardo 's . |
| 14 | It 'll change as you get older erm you wo n't necessarily just have that all the time we used to run these courses for students who had just come out of college and they were joining their company to work for the first first time and we used to do this and we used to find that many of the people who had just taken out the job for the first time had very very flat scores . |
| 15 | Once the last post had been played two thousand eyes closed , as soldiers under canvas for the first time tried to sleep . |
| 16 | Sun disappointed some people last Thursday by posting income of only five cents a share for the first quarter ended September 25 . |
| 17 | Scholfield teamed up with Georgie 's Caper for the first time to win the Restricted ( Div 2 ) and then took the Open unchallenged on Confused Express . |
| 18 | During this season in Johannesburg , John unexpectedly had the chance for the first time to dance a real role in public . |
| 19 | Such restrictive terms will be upheld by the courts only if they are reasonable , such as when a computer programmer working for a bank agrees not to work for another similar bank within a five mile radius for the first year following the termination of his employment . |
| 20 | His extraordinary run of successes had been halted , the links of his apparent infallibility for the first time broken . |
| 21 | DANISH international Bjorn Kristensen yesterday staked his claim for a First Division recall at Newcastle United . |
| 22 | TNT prize for the first team to reach ten goals in the competition . |
| 23 | HAVING sex for the first time does n't frighten 15 year old Amber Armitage . |
| 24 | To this end , it is calling a World Summit for Children to be held at the UN in New York next September , bringing together heads of state for the first time to discuss an important social issue . |
| 25 | The year 1966 was when the number of people paying a TV licence for the first time exceeded the number paying a radio licence . |
| 26 | During the last week of August the Soviet Union for the first time allowed parties of Japanese to visit family graves on the island of Etorofu , the largest and militarily the most sensitive of the Northern Territories ( the Soviet Union was believed to have a division of ground troops and a squadron of MiG-23 fighter aircraft based there ) . |
| 27 | The main aim of this study is to investigate the way young people coming on to labour market in Northern ireland for the first time cope with stress of unemployment and in particular to investigate factors that might moderate any negative impact unemployment may have , such as participation in the Youth training programme . |
| 28 | These sharp increases will contrast with below-inflation rent rises of 95 pence a week in about 156 local authority areas , as the Government for the first time moves away from a single national rents policy for the 4.5 million council tenants in England . |
| 29 | On March 18 , the United Kingdom government for the first time gave permission for 375 relatives of Argentinian soldiers killed in the 1982 Falklands war to visit their graves on the islands . |
| 30 | Champions SQUASH : Simon Cairns won the York squash championship for the first time beating No 2 seed Paul Adams 9–5 , 9–3 , 9–5 , in the final at Dunnington . |