Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] first time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of twenty-five years of persistent pioneering work , he was responsible for novel design features , such as the duplex condenser ( 1924 ) , objective changer ( 1926 ) , and cone condenser ( 1930 ) , the last allowing for the first time ultraviolet , dark-ground photographs of viruses . |
| 2 | allowing for the first time storage-type unvented hot water systems , which are common in North America and on the Continent ( see Chapter 4 ) ; unvented sealed-type central heating systems are already allowed |
| 3 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |
| 4 | Then , sounding for the first time humorous , even whimsical , " But Comrade Alice , I have been getting daily , sometimes hourly , reports of your transformation of that pigsty there . " |
| 5 | Archie 's Nephew , a stable-companion of Rushing Wild , was scoring for the first time this season , having acted as a schoolmaster for novice riders in several earlier runs . |
| 6 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |