Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1979 I went to the English Schools Championships for the first time , to run in the 200 metres for London . |
| 2 | Despite the evidence of the Queensland and New South Wales games , the selectors stayed loyal to the established team from the Five Nations Championship for the First Test . |
| 3 | In Thailand in 1991 the falling incidence of chancroid approached that of herpes genitalis for the first time , reaching 0.22/1000 compared with an incidence of herpes genitalis of 0.18/1000 . |
| 4 | MARR COLLEGE have won the Bank of Scotland Schools Cup for the first time , beating St Aloysius ' College by 8–6 at Ayr . |
| 5 | Another example of extremely useful group entertaining is illustrated by a luncheon organised by an organisation which was moving into sports sponsorship for the first time . |
| 6 | The Ostankino company had agreed to pay the costs of transmission to the other CIS members for the first quarter of 1992 , but no decisions had been reached on covering the costs for the rest of the year . |
| 7 | His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup . |
| 8 | If you are installing FMS Drivers for the first time , please check that you have an FMS Driver licence . |
| 9 | The offer of £1 , from Gold Cup sponsors TNT for the first side to score goals in the competition must have been tempting to the Reds , who more than doubled their tally for the season to date on Friday . |
| 10 | The word ‘ deadline ’ entered the National Certificate results vocabulary for the first time at the end of last session . |
| 11 | In 1889 the Prevention of Cruelty and Protection of Children Act for the first time outlawed proven cruelty to children and allowed children in certain circumstances to be removed from their families to a place of safety , usually a charitable institution such as Barnardo 's . |
| 12 | The champions will be decided on points difference for the first time . |
| 13 | ‘ That was not felt to be the most suitable way of proceeding in this matter , ’ he says , sounding like a police spokesman for the first time . |
| 14 | Insurance group Guardian Royal Exchange has broken new ground by publishing a review by auditors Price Waterhouse in its interim results statement for the first half of 1992 . |
| 15 | It is during the summer , and before the September denouement , that the voices of the women compositors for the first time become audible to the historian . |