Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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1 | In discussing the interactions of mental illnesses and brain failure Gray and Isaacs ( 1979 ) showed that illnesses such as depression , psychosis and neurosis do continue to occur in old age but are more likely to recur than appear for the first time . |
2 | ‘ we are persuaded that , there being no authority to prevent us , it is preferable as a matter of justice to hold parties to their clearly expressed bargain rather than to introduce for the first time in 1971 an extension of a doctrine of land law so as to deny the efficacy of that bargain . |
3 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
4 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
5 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
6 | When introduced for the first time , technical terms can be helpfully identified by having inverted commas round them . |
7 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |