Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the first time " in BNC.

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1 Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election .
2 In a separate housing initiative in the north-east , plans were revealed for housing co-operatives in Grampian to build homes for rent for the first time .
3 In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise .
4 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 .
5 Whether jury after retirement should be allowed to hear tape recording of interview for the first time — practice
6 It was not until 1966 that the transcontinental standard-gauge line was completed , thereby connecting Sydney to Perth without break of gauge for the first time .
7 It was during this period that the boroughs of Bethnal Green , Stepney , Mile End and Poplar witnessed a net loss of population for the first time .
8 COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open .
9 After weeks of private anguish followed by questionable closed-door lobbying of the leading minds of the Royal College of Science , Darwin found himself forced to go public on the issue of evolution for the first time , when both their papers were read at the Linnean Society of London on that momentous July evening of 1858 .
10 If an overweight man in his fifties who is a heavy smoker , has a family history of heart disease and is working in a stressful job were to decide to ‘ get fit ’ and invite a colleague for a game of squash for the first time in twenty years , he would be doing just about the best he could to give himself a heart attack .
11 Anyone seeing such works of sculpture for the first time can not fail to note the harmonious line described through the perfectly proportioned bodies of the men and women portrayed .
12 I made a lot of friends and was introduced to the wonders of television for the first time .
13 For , when one experiences a piece of furniture for the first time , it is usually through those top two or three microns of surface coating .
14 ‘ She is now out of plaster for the first time in ten years and can get into a bath , ’ she said .
15 But as the Labour parliamentary front bench scents the thaw , and surveys the possibility of government for the first time in a decade , the party pressures running in favour of detente are increasing .
16 Conservative commentators are urging Republicans to stage an all-out attack on Mr Clinton as an old-fashioned ‘ tax-and-spend ’ liberal , locked out of government for the first time since 1981 ,
17 A man like Mr Silvester Horne is regarded by his congregation with feelings of almost unmeasured adoration , due to the fact that he and they are really opening the book of life for the first time together and comparing impressions .
18 There was some laughter at a dinner party when one of the guests admitted she had eaten and enjoyed a plate of spinach for the first time in twenty-five years .
19 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 .
20 So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives .
21 But the building no longer belonged to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party , and the apparatchiks , once the backbone of the party state , were contemplating the possibility of unemployment for the first time in their lives .
22 This lack of continuity — and the failure of the club 's famous youth scheme to produce players of acceptable quality — has left Athletic in danger of relegation for the first time in 64 years of Spanish league history .
23 League performances slumped disastrously , and there was even talk of relegation for the first time since Chapman took over .
24 Having an attack of Cystitis for the first time can seem rather frightening , but do remember that it is not usually a serious threat to health .
25 The defendant appealed , and sought in the Court of Appeal for the first time to raise the issue that the notice to quit was bad .
26 Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat .
27 The East Stand at White Hart Lane , open for business for the first time , provided a gleaming backdrop for Gary Lineker 's first hat-trick for two years , but Gary 's glory game served only to paper over Tottenham 's cracks .
28 At the funeral Judith comes to terms with grief for the first time since the birth .
29 After moving to Grimsetter and Hatston respectively , this unit embarked aboard the carrier HMS Indefatigable , and in the period July 14 to 19 , 1944 , took its Fireflies into action for the first time when they supported FAA raids on the German battleship Tirpitz by attacking gun positions and two German naval vessels .
30 To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury .
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