Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Education Act of 1944 , for example , led to the majority of rural school children being educated for the first time outside their own village after the age of eleven . |
| 32 | Fighting was reported for the first time in the east Bosnian towns of Visegrad and Foca , near the Serbian border . |
| 33 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 34 | In the meantime , the railway 's in-service stock is being repainted in a new dark red and ivory livery , mainly by one locally based volunteer and adorned for the first time with the railway 's insignia . |
| 35 | Whatever you do , do n't miss Michael Jackson 's stunning 3D musical space show ‘ Captain EO ’ , presented for the first time in Europe by ‘ Star Wars ’ film producer George Lucas and ‘ Godfather ’ Director Francis Ford Coppola . |
| 36 | Approval from America 's Environmental Protection Agency means that Portersept , made by Courtaulds Coatings in Louisville , Kentucky , can be applied for the first time to heating , ventilation and air conditioning ( HVAC ) systems . |
| 37 | Participants from the former Soviet republics attended for the first time on Nov. 23-24 a meeting in Paris of the 17-member Co-ordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls ( COCOM — once primarily a forum for controlling the acquisition of sensitive Western technology by the Soviet Union and its allies ) . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 41 | That I 've done for the first time in my life something original . |
| 42 | Against the background of a broad spectrum of strikes organized on April 21 , April 27 and June 2 , 1989 , by the socialist General Workers ' Union ( Unión General de Trabajadores — UGT ) and the communist Workers ' Commissions ( Comisiones Obreras — CCOO ) , the UGT executive decided for the first time on April 25 to give no recommendation to its members to vote for the PSOE in the European Parliament elections in June 1989 , on the grounds that a trade union could not be expected to support a government which pursued economic and social policies which were hostile to workers . |
| 43 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |
| 44 | One society which has featured for the first time in this year 's results is the Standard building society . |
| 45 | The riotous company had pushed their way into the church , where demented birds , disturbed for the first time in who knows how long , were battering themselves madly against the rafters . |
| 46 | A decree issued on Sept. 16 stated that the profits of all wholly Omani-owned companies were to be taxed for the first time from the end of 1989 . |
| 47 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 48 | Guildford skatepark was demolished and as a result Farnborough was noticed for the first time outside the immediate area . |
| 49 | This policy statement made for the first time in this context a distinction in the Secretary of State 's approach to mandatory life sentences on the one hand and discretionary life sentences on the other . |
| 50 | The Railway 's annual spring Enthusiasts ' Weekend — normally held two weeks before Easter — has been moved for the first time in its 20-year history . |
| 51 | Her eye for the natural scene is revealed for the first time in her ‘ Alfoxden Journal ’ ( 1798 ) , the first fruit of the creative partnership between brother and sister which is celebrated at the climax of Wordsworth 's ‘ Tintern Abbey ’ . |
| 52 | A depressing picture of a grey society is revealed for the first time in comparisons of the way people live across the UK . |
| 53 | The sanction of cold-shouldering was imposed for the first time in relation to Dundee Football Club ( see Panel Statement 1992/9 ) after hearings before the full Panel and the Appeal Committee . |
| 54 | The exchange between them had been painful , but there was something so honest and open about it that she felt freed for the first time in months from her painful awareness of him as a man . |
| 55 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 56 | This stand-alone receiver is the latest addition to the ap range and can be seen for the first time at the London Boat Show . |
| 57 | Thirty-six mosaics have been lent by the Jordanian government and will be seen for the first time in Britain . |
| 58 | On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) . |
| 59 | Early in 1914 , the Board felt it advisable to appoint a House Committee to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the Institution , and the committee met for the first time on 28th April with Mr. W. T. Lansberry in the chair . |
| 60 | The joint ministerial committee with Ethiopia , formed as a result of an agreement between the two countries in April 1988 to improve bilateral relations [ see p. 36006 ] , met for the first time on Dec. 4-7 , 1989 , in Mogadishu . |