Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] 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 | I have to admit that I was expecting something rather special from him , but listening to the first instalment in his survey of the sonatas has only strengthened my opinion that it seems almost impossible for one pianist to attain a consistent level of achievement in all of the sonatas . |
| 9 | It is also now analysing for the first time in a quantitative way the changing social and cultural characteristics of small towns . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Karr smiled , relaxing for the first time in almost twelve hours of searching . |
| 12 | At home they had behaved as if she were a toddler going to a first party in a party frock rather than a huge ungainly student eighteen years of age going to university dressed from head to toe in dark clothes . |
| 13 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Beginning in the first week in August , Sri Lankan fans will , in the course of six months , see Australia , New Zealand and England perform here . |
| 18 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They 're investing in the first half in that second half . |
| 22 | He considered leaving on the first train in the morning . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Maggie glanced at Laura , realizing for the first time in her life that she was stronger than her sister . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I therefore started working for the first time in my life . |