Example sentences of "[art] [noun] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 2 | The contracts for the first defence of the title given to Lewis when Riddick Bowe was stripped of the distinction by the WBC were signed by the fighter and his manager , Frank Maloney , in Glasgow yesterday and faxed to Tucker 's handler , Don King , in New York . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | instead the Church preferred to use the Annunciation for the first day of the year , and this led to the adoption of 25 March , nine months before Christmas , although this choice was by no means universal . |
| 5 | The accounts for the first year indicated quite clearly the recognition of the social divisions which existed at the time . |
| 6 | The number of boys fluctuated around 100 , but the School at last seemed to have become viable , a credit balance appearing in the accounts for the first time . |
| 7 | The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The right-wing Popular Party ( PP ) improved its position and the Alava Union ( UA ) , a new provincial splinter group of PP , entered the parliament for the first time . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | The text for the first term 's production will usually be selected for the purpose of getting a new group to work together rather than trying to go for detailed individual performances . |
| 12 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 13 | Simon Cruise returned the opening kick the entire length of the field for the first Touchdown . |
| 14 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 15 | Then , on 20 June , the Germans for the first time employed a new type of diphosgene gas shell . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | All that we have available is the notes for the first part of the introduction , written , presumably , in the spring , and consisting of a highly condensed discussion of Greek tragedy and its development . |
| 18 | DID YOU notice the unusual , if not unique , feature of the scorecards for the first Test between England and New Zealand at Christchurch ? |
| 19 | Having assured himself that he was all alone , he climbed from his bed , entered his dressing-gown and took himself down to the kitchen for the first breakfast of the day . |
| 20 | Writing the cheque for the first term 's fees was wonderful therapy . |
| 21 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 22 | It was marked by the presence for the first time at the UN of Russian President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 23 | In 1980 , a group of young musicians met in the University for the first rehearsal of what has since become one of the country 's leading brass ensembles . |
| 24 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 27 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 28 | The authorities for the first time gave permission for an opposition demonstration on March 7 . |
| 29 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 30 | On Jan. 24 , the budget for the first quarter of 1992 , amounting to 420,500 million roubles , was adopted by the Supreme Soviet . |