Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the first time in " in BNC.

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1 It can link HLCA payments ( including for the first time in the UK , for dairy cows ) to agreed stocking levels on a hectarage ( not headage ) basis .
2 And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years .
3 Nesting for the first time in the delta since the 16th century , the flamingos had flown up the coast from the southern province of Malaga after finding their traditional nesting ground in the Fuente de Piedra lake had dried up after a prolonged drought .
4 Tubby was sitting up straight , shoulders back , head raised , looking for the first time in his visit like the confident soldier he had been .
5 Meeting for the first time in Bonn in January ( see Nature 361 , 576 ; 1993 ) , the councils are trying to make EC-supported international research programmes more efficient and have scheduled a meeting in London in October to discuss the issue .
6 Meeting for the first time in private on Nov. 4 the Premier , Gen. Hau Pei-tsun , and legislators from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) , agreed to ease political confrontation in the Legislative Yuan or parliament , the scene of considerable violence in recent months [ or DPP filibustering attempts in legislature see p. 38531 ] .
7 A Creative and Performing Arts Panel , meeting for the first time in February of that year , became a Board , and from the outset was looking at proposals such as that from Middlesex Polytechnic for a BA and BA(Hons) in Performance Arts , an ambitious proposal which was greeted with reservations but encouragement , as was a proposal for such a degree in Creative Arts at Trent Polytechnic .
8 It is also now analysing for the first time in a quantitative way the changing social and cultural characteristics of small towns .
9 No wins so far mean that Amthaal slips in the race on 7st 12lb and he showed plenty of promise at Chester last week — racing for the first time in five months .
10 Karr smiled , relaxing for the first time in almost twelve hours of searching .
11 Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years .
12 Your friend awaits you , I think , ’ he added , nodding towards the courtyard where Iris was standing beside Melissa 's car , and speaking for the first time in faultless English instead of French .
13 Moving for the first time in this book to Moscow and central administration , we find that from 18 July 1921 , the Central Commission for the Relief of the Starving ( Pomgol ) was in charge of the Famine programme .
14 She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life .
15 This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague .
16 Just under half ( 48% ) of women marrying for the first time in 1987 had lived with their husbands prior to marriage compared with 19% of those marrying in the late 1970s and only 7% of those marrying in 1971 .
17 In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual .
18 It is fair conjecture that the Chelsea porcelain painters working from live plants sought subjects from the nearby Physic Garden , where they might find many impressive exotics flowering for the first time in this country .
19 Maggie glanced at Laura , realizing for the first time in her life that she was stronger than her sister .
20 B&P human resources director David Ramsay said the firm was resuming full-time working for the first time in four months , in order to meet greater demand .
21 I therefore started working for the first time in my life .
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