Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Charlie Haughey : the man who groomed a woman to lead one of the major political parties in Ireland for the first time . |
| 4 | Lawrie Smith , crewed by Ossie Stewart and Rob Cruikshank , takes the Soling place while Shirley Robertson will be the British representative in the Europe , the single-handed dinghy for women that is being used in this year 's Olympics in Barcelona for the first time . |
| 5 | Butter is in the supermarkets of Timisoara for the first time since March last year . |
| 6 | The Chanak crisis , which erupted in late September , drove Baldwin to the newsstands of Aix for the first time . |
| 7 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 8 | Network Computing Devices Inc reported net revenues of $35m for the first quarter ended March 31 , an increase of 49% . |
| 9 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the total estimated annual operating costs of Trident for the first five years of operation . |
| 11 | Other new awards on offer for the first time this year included Practical Word Processing . |
| 12 | There are still some spare places on boats for the first day . |
| 13 | I made a lot of friends and was introduced to the wonders of television for the first time . |
| 14 | Earnings per share for the first half were reduced to 5.47p , against 7.83p last time , but the interim dividend has been held at 1.5p . |
| 15 | WITH the two main floodlit tournaments in Junior Rugby just around the corner , many clubs are looking forward to the opportunity to sharpen their skills in preparation for the first batch of league matches . |
| 16 | As Bramley are already promoted to the Second , with Ryedale York and Workington doomed to the Third , the six clubs in contention for the First Division 's second relegation place are the only sides anticipating a nervous Easter . |
| 17 | The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) met at the level of chiefs of staff for the first time in 1991 on April 11-12 at the organization 's political headquarters in Brussels , under the chairmanship of Gen. Vigleik Eide ( Norway ) . |
| 18 | ULSTER Television has reported increased pre-tax profits of £1.96m for the first six months of 1993 , up 10pc on the same period last year . |
| 19 | Mr Parker , who announced his resignation last week , unveiled pre-tax profits of £2.3m for the first six months of 1993 . |
| 20 | Now in a council bedsit , Barry and Diane Gammage are coming to terms with unemployment for the first time in their working lives . |
| 21 | At the funeral Judith comes to terms with grief for the first time since the birth . |
| 22 | Group profits before tax for the first six months of the year soared by 46 per cent but the final result to 30 June , announced last week , showed a less than sparkling advance of 26 per cent to £1.28m compared to earlier City predictions of £1.4m-plus . |
| 23 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 24 | Sterling Chemicals announced a 97 per cent fall in net profits to $700000 for the first quarter of 1992 compared to the previous year . |
| 25 | Rangers ' goalkeeper , who has a valid claim to the title of Britain 's best by his displays in Europe this season , has missed two matches in succession for the first time since joining the club from Hibs and will not train today . |
| 26 | ‘ We have lost two League games in succession for the first time since August . |
| 27 | ITALIAN air force fighters scrambled to intercept a Libyan airliner flying towards Europe yesterday as the United Nations imposed sanctions on Libya for the first time in Col Muammar Gaddafi 's turbulent 22 years in power . |
| 28 | As Nell followed , the rows of screens for the first time were blank , showing no signs of life . |
| 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 | LOU REED : ‘ The Bells ’ / ‘ Growing Up In Public ’ mid-priced reissues of the former Velvet Underground leader 's '79 and '80 LPs on CD for the first time |