Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] first time in " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Not the least fascinating aspect of the story , which broke the day after France 's quarter final defeat by Switzerland — and barely three months after the memorable celebrations which had accompanied their winning of the trophy for the first time in 59 years — was that although Noah 's decision was said to have been known to his players and coaches several weeks earlier , no-one apparently bothered to tell French Tennis president , Philippe Chatrier . |
| 33 | Ian McMillan , from Industrial Engineering , and James Mitchell , from Crabtree Weaving section , took the JR Walker Trophy for the first time in the competition . |
| 34 | Defender Tony Mowbray could return to Celtic 's side for the first time in ten weeks and silence speculation that manager Liam Brady is willing to sell the player . |
| 35 | Jenny Pitman 's Do Be Brief stepped onto a racecourse for the first time in the first division of the Christmas Pudding Novice Hurdle and made quite an impression in beating Sailor 's Luck , but not half as big as his stable-companion Egypt Mill , who looked something special in landing the second division by 10 lengths . |
| 36 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
| 37 | Towards morning , Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years . |
| 38 | That night , with our generator and four lightbulbs , we illuminated the Keraing 's house and electrified the village for the first time in the thirty-odd years since the invading Japanese had withdrawn from Indonesia . |
| 39 | With her teenage son on the brink of independence , Pamela Constantinides has returned to full-time work for the first time in 16 years . |
| 40 | She saved up enough money to take a manicuring course and in 1958 got her diploma , thus achieving a certified skill for the first time in her forty-five years . |
| 41 | Michael has joined the Executive Committee for the first time in April of this year as Limerick Area Secretary . |
| 42 | Following Botham Wanderers ' defeat , we now move off the bottom for the first time in four months . |
| 43 | The capability of removing women 's eggs and placing them in another woman 's womb , has given rise to the question for the first time in human history who is the biological mother ? |
| 44 | As he sees it , the Gulf crisis of August 1990 united the United Nations on a major world issue for the first time in its history . |
| 45 | Horse and Jockey AC match secretary Mick Dryers had an unusual Sunday morning — he spent it at home for the first time in two years . |
| 46 | Cove lost at home for the first time in 13 games , going down 3–1 to Epsom & Ewell . |
| 47 | Dedicated Wyn has now astounded doctors by bringing Norman to live back at home for the first time in three-and-a-half years . |
| 48 | The yen fell too , pushing the total market capitalisation of the Tokyo exchange beneath that of the New York exchange for the first time in three years . |
| 49 | SSAP2 laid down fundamental accounting concepts which were largely incorporated as a legal requirement for the first time in the Companies Act 1981 . |
| 50 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 51 | as if he suddenly wanted to return the girls ' favour on this Monaghan Day , he spoke to them openly about the war for the first time in their lives . |
| 52 | ‘ UV Ski 's support will mean we can send a coach on tour with the team for the first time in two years , which will boost team morale . |
| 53 | Captain of the 1975–76 team that won an FA Cup semi-final place for the first time in the club 's history , and then of the side which gained promotion to Division Two the following season , Ian 's future with us looked rosy indeed . |
| 54 | The Bramham Three Day Event took place for the first time in 1974 . |
| 55 | The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " . |
| 56 | Among the more significant changes , prompted in part by criticism of the government 's handling of events leading up to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , was the replacement of the Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , who failed to obtain a Cabinet post for the first time in almost three decades . |
| 57 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 58 | Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution . |
| 59 | Grain output rose by 6% , and wheat was in surplus for the first time in four years . |
| 60 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |