Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] for [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 2 | Neither Julia nor I had realised that some delegates would be registering on the Saturday morning for the first time — we had n't covered this . |
| 3 | President Reagan openly backs the Contra guerillas against the Nicaraguan Sandinista Government for the first time . |
| 4 | And the fact that I will be playing under him as captain on an England tour for the first time will not stop me having dinner and drinking with him most nights . |
| 5 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 6 | In the final RUGBY UNION : Middlesbrough Wasps reached the final of the North Yorkshire Trophy for the first time when they beat Rowntrees 11–6 at Acklam Park yesterday . |
| 7 | SHEFFIELD Eagles soared to the finals of the Yorkshire Cup for the first time — despite Hull 's stunning opening when Lee Jackson touched down in less than nine seconds . |
| 8 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 9 | On October 13th 1933 , railcoach 200 was seen in St. Annes Square for the first time , when it operated from there on a private hire to Fleetwood . |
| 10 | Slaven was thrilled over his progress and the prospect of playing against former teammate Gary Pallister for the first time . |
| 11 | It is a round trip and will see a ‘ West Country ’ class locomotive steam into Waterloo Station for the first time since Sunday July 9 1967 . |
| 12 | Nathan had not been on enough flights to be anything but excited , and he was going north of the Arctic Circle for the first time . |
| 13 | No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre . |
| 14 | On March 18 , the United Kingdom government for the first time gave permission for 375 relatives of Argentinian soldiers killed in the 1982 Falklands war to visit their graves on the islands . |
| 15 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) , overruling UK legislation for the first time , ruled on July 25 that the UK Merchant Shipping Act 1988 contravened EC law . |
| 16 | The latter phrase , used in the 1991 act setting up the agency , enshrines the word " sustainable " in UK legislation for the first time . |
| 17 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 18 | Peterborough0 Stoke1 ( Stoke win 4–3 on aggregate ) A SINGLE goal by Stoke City secured their place in a Wembley final for the first time in 20 years on a night when defender Lee Sandford required six stitches in a cheek wound following a clash with Peterborough captain Mick Halsall . |
| 19 | ON ADVENT Sunday , 29th November , 22 nervous teenager contestants with their families and Catenian organisers met in the lecture theatre of the North Tees Hospital for the first public speaking competition promoted by the Catenian Association in the North East . |
| 20 | As Mrs Helmsley , 71 , settled in a Kentucky prison for the first night of a four-year sentence for tax evasion , the New York panorama became a model smile marred by a missing tooth . |
| 21 | Mengistu referred to the presence at an OAU summit for the first time of African National Congress deputy president Nelson Mandela , whom he described as " a shining symbol of the struggle for liberation " . |
| 22 | They 're opening the gates of the Manor Ground for the first time this season tomorrow … new signing Anton Rogan has been trying on his shirt today … |
| 23 | CLIVE ALLEN scored twice , but Trevor Morley was sent off as European football last night returned to Upton Park for the first time in 11 years . |
| 24 | ROY McDONOUGH , now nearing the end of his initial season as player-manager of Colchester , last night led his team to the final of the Vauxhall FA Trophy for the first time . |
| 25 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 26 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 27 | River Queen THE Queen has travelled on board a London River Bus for the first time . |
| 28 | Provincial elections on Aug. 8 in three provinces gave unexpected encouragement to the ruling Peronist party ( Partido Justicialista — PJ ) , which retained control of San Luis and captured San Juan province for the first time for 18 years ; the opposition Radical Party ( UCR ) retained control of Río Negro . |
| 29 | BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 30 | Amid all the gloom of redundancies and take-over deals , BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |