Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the first time by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret . |
| 2 | Representatives of the United Kingdom and Argentine governments were joined for the first time by a Falklands official in talks on fishing controls held in the Argentinian capital , Buenos Aires , in May 1991 . |
| 3 | The Prix de l'Avenir — Marne la Vallée , worth F30,000 was won for the first time by kayak paddler Bernard Bregeon . |
| 4 | The 20th session of the World Economic Forum , a meeting of senior economists from some 60 industrialized countries , was held in Davos , Switzerland , on Feb. 1-6 , when the discussion was attended for the first time by representatives from Eastern Europe . |
| 5 | The annual meeting was attended for the first time by a Soviet delegation led by Viktor Gerashchenko in anticipation of full Soviet membership of the Fund and the Bank . |
| 6 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 7 | ‘ On the 20th July we reached the 26th degree of S. Lat. , and were visited for the first time by the Cape petrel . |
| 8 | The extensive studies on removal and transplantation of the ovaries by Knauer in Vienna ( see Chapter 5 ) appeared in 1900 and the more general concept of hormones or blood-borne chemical messengers was elaborated for the first time by Starling in his Croonian lectures a decade after Beatson 's observations ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 9 | One of these , PC-Hornet , which has been developed over the past 10 years , will be shown for the first time by McDonnell Douglas . |
| 10 | It is a fact that most people bitten for the first time by their own dog are bitten in the bedroom . |
| 11 | EXCLUSIVE A HUMAN egg donor programme , which offers new hope to hundreds of childless couples , will be provided for the first time by a Merseyside hospital . |
| 12 | He points to the benefit of having the two major Manchester rail stations linked for the first time by the Manchester Metro , and explains how LRT systems , connecting outlying communities to the mainline service , can open up new passenger markets . |
| 13 | Such a requirement for express agreement of admissions policy is difficult to reconcile with the more limited requirement that governors should simply ‘ consult ’ the local education authority which was introduced for the first time by section 33 of the Act of 1986 . |
| 14 | At the summit the United Kingdom was represented for the first time by John Major , who had replaced Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister on Nov. 28 [ see pp. 37839-40 ] . |
| 15 | The existence of the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ) , commonly known as MI6 , was publicly acknowledged for the first time by the government when Major announced on May 6 that the service would , like its domestic intelligence counterpart MI5 [ see p. 37158 ] , be placed on a statutory basis during the 1992-93 session of Parliament , and confirmed that its Chief was Sir Colin McColl . |
| 16 | In Trinidad , West Indies were without Richards and were led for the first time by Desmond Haynes . |
| 17 | The party 's Anglican commitment was as firm as ever before 1914 , even though it was being led for the first time by a man who was not an Anglican himself . |
| 18 | In December 1954 he was ridden for the first time by the reigning champion jockey Dick Francis : after the race Francis told Cazalet that he would like to ride Devon Loch one day in the Grand National … |
| 19 | True enough , the famous set of Roman values — fides , constantia , severitas , gravitas , dignitas , auctoritas , etc. etc. — was discovered for the first time by German professors during the First World War , and helped their pupils to mark time while Hitler was deciding what to do with the classics . |
| 20 | Léonie had just been kissed for the first time by a boy . |
| 21 | The GRC or " Team MPs " were returned for the first time by the 1988 general election to ensure continued minority representation . |
| 22 | Figures released for the first time by the Home Office prove our city streets are more dangerous for women than lonely country roads . |