Example sentences of "of [noun] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The government confirmed on May 13 that it had landed a contingent of troops on the southern tip of Bougainville for the first time since 1990 , when it had withdrawn its forces from the island in the face of a protracted secessionist guerrilla war conducted by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) . |
| 32 | To this end , it is calling a World Summit for Children to be held at the UN in New York next September , bringing together heads of state for the first time to discuss an important social issue . |
| 33 | So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives . |
| 34 | He was able to provide information on age , sex , and growth of whales for the first time without killing , touching , marking , or molesting a single animal . |
| 35 | The Reform Act of 1832 laid the foundations of electoral democracy by tidying up the system — for instance , getting rid of ‘ rotten boroughs ’ , small or almost non-existent places that could return MPs — and setting up a register of voters for the first time . |
| 36 | But the building no longer belonged to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party , and the apparatchiks , once the backbone of the party state , were contemplating the possibility of unemployment for the first time in their lives . |
| 37 | This lack of continuity — and the failure of the club 's famous youth scheme to produce players of acceptable quality — has left Athletic in danger of relegation for the first time in 64 years of Spanish league history . |
| 38 | League performances slumped disastrously , and there was even talk of relegation for the first time since Chapman took over . |
| 39 | From him , I heard of leys for the first time , and learned that he had found alignments of tree clumps in the countryside around his home . |
| 40 | Elland Road stages the event between August 1–2 as the tournament moves out of London for the first time . |
| 41 | As Nell followed , the rows of screens for the first time were blank , showing no signs of life . |
| 42 | Having an attack of Cystitis for the first time can seem rather frightening , but do remember that it is not usually a serious threat to health . |
| 43 | The defendant appealed , and sought in the Court of Appeal for the first time to raise the issue that the notice to quit was bad . |
| 44 | He felt like an infant staggering uncertainly out of doors for the first time into the infinitude of the universe . |
| 45 | By Tuesday , he was able to venture out of doors for the first time since arriving home , late and ailing , on Thursday night . |
| 46 | The Chanak crisis , which erupted in late September , drove Baldwin to the newsstands of Aix for the first time . |
| 47 | Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat . |