Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | There have also been symbolic measures ( such as restoring pay beds in NHS facilities ) , minor cuts ( such as withdrawal of supplementary benefits in vacations for students ) , some marginal privatization ( from 1986 employers were made responsible for paying sickness benefit for the first 28 weeks of an employee 's absence from work ) , tougher criteria ( people have to be ‘ actually seeking work ’ to be entitled to receive unemployment benefit and since 1 988 housing benefit is paid to fewer households ) , and an increase in the numbers relying on private medical insurance ( from 4 to 8 per cent since 1979 ) . |
2 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) , overruling UK legislation for the first time , ruled on July 25 that the UK Merchant Shipping Act 1988 contravened EC law . |
3 | The company now intends shipping production code for the first time this week , saying it has hundreds of orders . |
4 | It intends shipping production code for the first time this week , saying it has hundreds of orders . |
5 | Sucking in a deep lungful of smoke , he looked back at the fiercely blazing funeral pyre for the first time . |