Example sentences of "[vb past] for the first time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
| 2 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
| 3 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 4 | The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months . |
| 5 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
| 6 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 7 | He was arrested and tried for the first time in April 1916 . |
| 8 | Yes , they 've got a week or two to get it together and send it in , but we know from what people have pledged that that 's what we can expect at least , and that 's from over a thousand cyclists ranging from , I saw one child in a seat behind their parents on a bike , up to an eighty nine year old lady from Brill who cycled for the first time in years and really enjoyed it . |
| 9 | In a decree issued on July 15 , Shaikh Jabir authorized for the first time in the emirate 's history the borrowing of up to KD10,000 million ( $34,000 million ) on international finance markets to rebuild the country 's economy and pay allied military bills . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty . |
| 11 | Slough , Berkshire-based Ambitron Ltd showed for the first time in the UK the low cost desktop virtual reality system — CrystalEyes VR — and three-dimensional video system from Stereographics Corp of San Rafael , at the Virtual Reality ‘ 93 Conference in London earlier this month . |
| 12 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 13 | On Aug. 16 , as a shipment of UN relief arrived for the first time in the southern port of Kismayo , a local militia which had been hired to protect it stole 600 tonnes of food and fuel . |
| 14 | Even the Ottoman empire began for the first time in its history to acquire some more or less clearly defined boundaries when , after the treaty of Carlowitz of 1699 , joint commissions were set up to demarcate its frontiers with Habsburg territory . |
| 15 | He prayed for the first time in years to the Holy Spirit to come and take his brother 's soul . |
| 16 | Doreen glanced down , and blushed for the first time in a long while . |
| 17 | This was known as the PC-5A and flew for the first time in July 1939 . |
| 18 | She exhibited for the first time in spring 1900 at the New English Art Club , an organization with strong Slade connections , and continued to show there twice yearly until 1903 . |
| 19 | When she got home , she felt for the first time in months the need to write a letter , to commit her thoughts and feelings to paper and communicate through the medium of paper and pen with someone . |
| 20 | He felt for the first time in his life what it must be like to be one of them and was overwhelmed with a feeling of sadness and futility . |
| 21 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
| 22 | Ironically , given the state of collapse of communism across Eastern Europe and the avowed reformist intentions of the BCP , when Lukanov 's proposals for the composition of his government were approved by the National Assembly on Feb. 8 Bulgaria acquired for the first time in its history an all-communist government . |
| 23 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 24 | Betty Rizzo observes that Philip Leapor voted for the first time in the 1749 election for Knight of the Shire , and judges from this that he had used the capital from the subscription to buy his freehold [ Rizzo ] . |
| 25 | Of these , three items , ‘ A Visit to Newgate ’ , ‘ The Black Veil ’ , and ‘ The Great Winglebury Duel ’ appeared for the first time in this collection . |
| 26 | Of these only the last item appeared for the first time in this volume . |
| 27 | Similarly a small black hoverfly , Cheilosia bergenstammi , whose larvae feed on ragwort , was captured in 1972 , 1973 and 1974 ( N= 19 ) and has not been seen since , whereas C. vernalis , whose food plant is unknown , appeared for the first time in 1978 and has since become frequent ( N=118 ) . |
| 28 | So far as more academic scholarship was concerned , the Nag Hammadi Scrolls appeared for the first time in English translation in 1977 , and within two years had inspired Elaine Pagels ' best-seller The Gnostic Gospels . |
| 29 | A group of Irrawaddy dolphins , which appeared for the first time in Laos last year , are in danger of dying out as a result of the increasing use of gill nets by local fishermen . |
| 30 | WACC participated for the first time in the Ecumenical Jury at the 45th International Cannes Film Festival , France , in May . |