Example sentences of "the [noun] for the first [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilary particularly remembers ‘ … the mesmeric Senta , whose teaching was so brilliant that Rata Quick and I both achieved the splits for the first and last time in our lives , with no untoward effects ! ’ . |
| 2 | This , however , is not the case for the first and third examples using the same adjective . |
| 3 | AUSTRALIA clinched the series at Adelaide , but their path to a winning , 3–0 lead was obstructed by an excellent performance from India , whose captain Mohammad Azharuddin waited until the exciting last day before exhibiting his undoubted skills with the bat for the first and only time in the series . |
| 4 | Worcester was the site for the first and last of the Civil War battles and today it calls itself ‘ the Civil War City ’ . |
| 5 | We played The Marquee for the first and only time supporting Eddie And The Hot Rods . |
| 6 | Information from the drink diaries , based on a comparison of the averages for the first and the last three weeks of the course , revealed a shift from high to moderate drinking levels for males , that is , from 40 to 32 units per week . |