Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for [art] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Simon Cruise returned the opening kick the entire length of the field for the first Touchdown . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Writing the cheque for the first term 's fees was wonderful therapy . |
| 13 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 14 | It was marked by the presence for the first time at the UN of Russian President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 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 | On Jan. 24 , the budget for the first quarter of 1992 , amounting to 420,500 million roubles , was adopted by the Supreme Soviet . |
| 22 | The budget for the first half of 1918 had been estimated at 17.6 milliard roubles expenditure , but revenue at only 2.8 milliard . |
| 23 | Little dabs of left brake counteracted the crosswind for the first couple of hundred yards , but above sixty knots the rudders became effective and she was easy to align just beside the centreline lights to spare us their jolting . |
| 24 | Colette Morrison , Equality Officer , is an Officer of the Association for the first time . |
| 25 | Labour 's rather narrow parliamentary majority in 1964 was chiefly an effect of a slump in Tory support and continuing electoral revival of the Liberals ( who received over 10 per cent of the vote for the first time since the war ) . |
| 26 | THEY really are changing the guard at Buckingham Palace today — women take part in the ceremony for the first time . |
| 27 | He had often imagined seeing the enemy for the first time , but it was strange how very commonplace and yet how exciting this baptism was . |
| 28 | In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations , there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions . |
| 29 | She went the whole way now : ‘ He 'll pull the switch for the first television transmission to Danu , and that will also be the moment Danu is absorbed into the republic as the fifty-eighth province . |
| 30 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |