Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One national newspaper is offering a bottle of champagne for the first reader who can give more information about Norma 's former boyfriend . |
| 2 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 3 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 4 | Whether jury after retirement should be allowed to hear tape recording of interview for the first time — practice |
| 5 | Diana Lanchester did n't catch up with Artemis and her stepmother until Lord Deverill and his huntsmen cast their hounds into a field of kale for the first draw . |
| 6 | It was not until 1966 that the transcontinental standard-gauge line was completed , thereby connecting Sydney to Perth without break of gauge for the first time . |
| 7 | It was during this period that the boroughs of Bethnal Green , Stepney , Mile End and Poplar witnessed a net loss of population for the first time . |
| 8 | COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open . |
| 9 | After weeks of private anguish followed by questionable closed-door lobbying of the leading minds of the Royal College of Science , Darwin found himself forced to go public on the issue of evolution for the first time , when both their papers were read at the Linnean Society of London on that momentous July evening of 1858 . |
| 10 | If an overweight man in his fifties who is a heavy smoker , has a family history of heart disease and is working in a stressful job were to decide to ‘ get fit ’ and invite a colleague for a game of squash for the first time in twenty years , he would be doing just about the best he could to give himself a heart attack . |
| 11 | Anyone seeing such works of sculpture for the first time can not fail to note the harmonious line described through the perfectly proportioned bodies of the men and women portrayed . |
| 12 | I made a lot of friends and was introduced to the wonders of television for the first time . |
| 13 | For , when one experiences a piece of furniture for the first time , it is usually through those top two or three microns of surface coating . |
| 14 | ‘ She is now out of plaster for the first time in ten years and can get into a bath , ’ she said . |
| 15 | But as the Labour parliamentary front bench scents the thaw , and surveys the possibility of government for the first time in a decade , the party pressures running in favour of detente are increasing . |
| 16 | Conservative commentators are urging Republicans to stage an all-out attack on Mr Clinton as an old-fashioned ‘ tax-and-spend ’ liberal , locked out of government for the first time since 1981 , |
| 17 | Mucky hands and a fat bank balance would be a way of life for the first generation of nouveaux-riches manufacturers ; but with a bit of care the brass itself could be used to buy their children out of the world of muck altogether . |
| 18 | A man like Mr Silvester Horne is regarded by his congregation with feelings of almost unmeasured adoration , due to the fact that he and they are really opening the book of life for the first time together and comparing impressions . |
| 19 | There was some laughter at a dinner party when one of the guests admitted she had eaten and enjoyed a plate of spinach for the first time in twenty-five years . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives . |
| 22 | As they squabble , the estimated time of arrival for the first train has shifted from next summer to the autumn , just in time to miss the holiday rush and about £200m revenue . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | League performances slumped disastrously , and there was even talk of relegation for the first time since Chapman took over . |
| 26 | THIS is the time of year for the first phase of Wisteria pruning . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Clark Hall ( 4th edition , with a supplement by H.D. Meritt , Cambridge 1975 ) , and Stratmann 's Middle English Dictionary ( rearranged by Henry Bradley , Oxford 1940 ) , are two reference works of value for the first language group . |
| 30 | Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat . |