Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offence is in outline very similar to the pre-existing offence under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5A , although it adds ‘ behaviour ’ to the list of proscribed activities for the first time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 4 | Even when these insects adopt a very different existence for the first part of their lives , they do not change their form very radically . |
| 5 | Although there was no official statement concerning the content of the agenda , it was widely believed that the two sides would begin detailed discussions for the first time since the negotiations began in July 1990 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They were driving into the city now , and she looked around her , seeing it with different eyes for the first time , seeing it as a garrulous old lady with so much to tell to anyone willing to listen . |
| 8 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 9 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Norwegian whaling fleet has already set sail to study stock sizes and to establish how many fish minke whales eat , and in May will begin commercial catches for the first time since 1987 . |
| 12 | Towards morning , Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years . |
| 13 | Osijek , Vinkovci and Pakrac in the east experienced bombardments of unprecedented severity during the night of Sept. 11-12 , and Kostajnica ( on the Croatia-Bosnia border 60 miles south of Zagreb ) fell to Serbian forces on Sept. 12 , bringing a section of Bosnia into the Serbian zone for the first time . |
| 14 | American Independence is offering a free place for the first child , in Lake Tahoe in California , with the second child paying Pounds 169 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the years immediately after the Second World War , the particular concerns of old age became a subject for serious social investigation for the first time . |
| 17 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 18 | Personal best : Anthony Mason of Ipswich Harriers cleared seven metres in the high jump for the first time in his career |
| 19 | Robson is now even more determined to assist United in the overriding ambition of bringing the League title to Old Trafford for the first time in 25 years . |
| 20 | And the Protestants ' only hope of redressing the imbalance of power created by the French lay in turning to the English , even though they well knew that protestations of Anglo-Scottish friendship and desire for union in no way wiped out the instinctive hostility between Scots and English which ran so deep that half a century later it would still cause grievous problems for the first king of Britain . |
| 21 | England required a win to avoid taking the wooden spoon for the first time . |
| 22 | All the weeks of reluctantly keeping Yanto at bay , plus having her hand on a male sexual organ for the first time in her twenty five years of life , was too much for Molly . |
| 23 | We feel that all doctors or other qualified individuals seeing a myocardial infarction for the first time should consider thrombolytic therapy as early as possible so that the maximum amount of myocardium can be salvaged . |
| 24 | THE controversial film Cathy Come Home is to be screened on British television for the first time in 17 years in as attempt to highlight the plight of the homeless . |
| 25 | Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city , doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time . |
| 26 | So when [ named defendant ] , 41 , made sexual overtures for the first time during their five-year friendship she went to a neighbour and cried rape . |
| 27 | Glenn Hoddle back from Wembley , after helping the Robins clinch a place in the top flight for the first time in their history . |
| 28 | In the days of glasnost and perestroika the KGB came under public scrutiny for the first time , much of it hostile . |
| 29 | Margaret came to Scottish Amicable in February 1948 after being with Cadbury 's Scottish depot for the first part of her career . |
| 30 | This is the recommended choice for the first viewing of a DIG file , for the display process is much more rapid than if the data are output directly to a plotter . |