Example sentences of "[num] [conj] for the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The new trolleybus service was numbered 654 and for the first time there was a through service crossing the main road at West Croydon .
2 All the intercepts are significantly greater than zero except for the first sub-period when it is significantly lower than zero .
3 Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district .
4 His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup .
5 This was held on 16 February 1936 and for the first time in the history of the Second Republic involved an evenly matched contest between large , cohesive left- and right-wing alliances ; the Radical Party virtually disappeared as a significant force , leaving the political centre effectively unrepresented .
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