Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 20 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 21 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 [ see p. 36019 ] , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 . |
| 22 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 , 1988 , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 [ see pp. 36019-22 ] . |
| 23 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 24 | It was marked by the presence for the first time at the UN of Russian President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 25 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 26 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 27 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 28 | In response to Air Ministry Specification R14/24 calling for a large , long-range flying-boat , Blackburn Aircraft ventured into this field for the first time in 1924 with their RB.1 Iris ( Blackburn 's previous flying-boat experience had been with the diminutive N.1B and Pellet single-seat designs ) . |
| 29 | When , for example , establishment actor Raymond Massey saw James Dean in action for the first time on the set of East of Eden , emitting as he did a stream of sexual and genital adjectives , Massey stormed off the set declaring , ‘ I have never experienced anything like this in my entire life . |
| 30 | Robson swooped back into Premier League action for the first time since 6 December , but his 14-minute cameo appearance was not long enough for the rusty 36-year-old to re-charge a championship bid which is going rapidly flat . |