Example sentences of "[num] [adj] for the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Henry V landed for the first time on French soil nearly forty years later , it was soon put beyond doubt that in his artillery he possessed a potential match-winner . |
| 2 | That brings it down to a hundred and ninety six for the first year . |
| 3 | As unemployment climbed above three million for the first time in six years , the latest figures showed our region has been hard hit by the recession . |
| 4 | Again , I remember a great many rehearsals , sixty or seventy each for the first performances of the Bach or the Beethoven . |
| 5 | Stephen Grey at the helm of MV293 at Duxford , August 14 , 1992 ready for the first flight . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the revolt of 830 had transformed Charles 's prospects : the 831 draft-project for the first time gave him hopes of a share of the heartlands of Francia itself . |
| 7 | The children turned to face one another for the first time since the pastor had started to tell the story of the massacre . |
| 8 | During his four years in office the Association 'S branches numbered more than one hundred for the first time , and he was constantly visiting them and planning new ones . |
| 9 | Motorway bollards were due to be removed at one thirty for the first customers to stream in . |
| 10 | For this care I award forty thousand pounds per year and take as a multiplier the figure three to give a sum of one hundred and twenty thousand for the first period . |
| 11 | Nine twenty five for the first child . |
| 12 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 13 | Days lost through sickness passed 500 million for the first time . |
| 14 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |