Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the first [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOTHERWELL climbed to the top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time since League reconstruction 14 years ago with a 1-0 win over Rangers at Fir Park last night . |
| 2 | In a speech on Nov. 12 the United States President Bush announced that US diplomatic representation in Laos would be upgraded to ambassadorial level for the first time since the communist regime came to power in 1975 . |
| 3 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 4 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 5 | With exactly half the seats in the Congress the PSOE was without an absolute majority for the first time since it came to power in 1982 . |
| 6 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 7 | Some black children may have had their first experience of Jamaican Creole from reggae lyrics , while others may have been attracted to Creole for the first time because of the music . |
| 8 | Krabbe 's comeback GERMANY 'S double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe will be back in action for the first time since the lifting of her doping ban , at a meeting on her home Neubrandenburg track on June 13 . |
| 9 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 10 | I recently returned to Bali for the first time since my Los Angeles house burned down . |
| 11 | Everyone , I am sure , will have been delighted to see Sandy Lyle making the cut for the first time since he won in 1988 . |
| 12 | Seeing his eyes move away from her mouth for the first time since the whole affair had begun , she shook her shoulders so that her full , rounded gourds trembled like jelly . |
| 13 | Bakalov said Huron version 1.18 , expected in Q2 1993 , will support Motif for the first time as well as the RS/6000 , improved buffers support for larger numbers of terminals , Oracle server ( Unix ) and DB server(MVS) . |
| 14 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 15 | 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago . |
| 16 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 17 | There are also a lot of advantages in acquisition accountancy which can provide a sort of beer mat for the first years while you are trying to put the businesses together , and of course we did n't have these in the merger . |
| 18 | The idea of being received at court for the first time since the childhood marriage , at first caused Anne much excitement . |
| 19 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 20 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three-foot distance for the first time since puberty . |
| 21 | LOGO and the languages which follow could allow people of the Third World to recover control of their cultural and educational development for the first time since elite education began to be Europeanised last century . |
| 22 | Spanish operation , Meeke is on the verge of winning Spain 's international rally title for the first time although as he left again for Madrid yesterday , he sounded a word of caution . |
| 23 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 24 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 25 | Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community . |
| 26 | And with Teddy Sheringham , back at the City ground for the first time since his move to Spurs , and Durie performing like statues , Forest quickly found the self-belief they have been lacking . |
| 27 | This concern was top priority for the first apostles as Paul and Barnabas reported about their discussion with Peter , James and John . |
| 28 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 29 | Following the Land elections on May 13 , 1990 , in which the CDU lost control of the state for the first time since the mid-1970s [ see p. 37467 ] , the SPD and the Greens reached agreement on the formation of a " red-green " coalition . |
| 30 | Ace goal-kicker Frano Botica will be at scrum-half for the first time as Martin Crompton fills in for Dermott at hooker . |