Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impasse was eventually broken after the Prime Minister invoked an arcane constitutional device to create more PCP Senators [ see p. 37705 ] , and used a closure motion for the first time within Canada 's upper chamber . |
| 2 | Anyway , there 's no reason why they should n't pick a law student for the first fifteen . ’ |
| 3 | The end of a 10-year drought : David Gower hits the winning runs and England have beaten Pakistan in a Test match for the first time since 1982 |
| 4 | The end of a 10-year drought : David Gower hits the winning runs and England have beaten Pakistan in a Test match for the first time since 1982 |
| 5 | The US Defence Secretary , Richard Cheney , confirmed on Dec. 26 , 1989 , that the F-117A Stealth light attack aircraft , one of the newest fighter aircraft , had been tested in a combat role for the first time in the Panamanian invasion . |
| 6 | There are now 34 owner-members each with one share and one vote , paying a membership fee for the first six years . |
| 7 | BARRELS of bitter are being shipped to a Gulf state for the first time — after a plea by thirsty Britons living there . |
| 8 | You may think that the moment of those first tottering steps was special , but believe me , absolutely nothing compares with the sight of one 's own child doggy-paddling across a swimming pool for the first time ( or indeed doggy-paddling through Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin , with a not-dissimilar arm action ) . |
| 9 | As Mrs Helmsley , 71 , settled in a Kentucky prison for the first night of a four-year sentence for tax evasion , the New York panorama became a model smile marred by a missing tooth . |
| 10 | The club raised over £100.00 for the Orsett Hospital Fund and provided the opportunity for many visitors to the fair to try their hands at using a metal detector for the first time . |
| 11 | Peterborough0 Stoke1 ( Stoke win 4–3 on aggregate ) A SINGLE goal by Stoke City secured their place in a Wembley final for the first time in 20 years on a night when defender Lee Sandford required six stitches in a cheek wound following a clash with Peterborough captain Mick Halsall . |
| 12 | They live with a puppy walker for the first two years . |
| 13 | Among the more significant changes , prompted in part by criticism of the government 's handling of events leading up to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , was the replacement of the Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , who failed to obtain a Cabinet post for the first time in almost three decades . |
| 14 | No. 30053 which hauled a passenger train for the first time in 20 years . |
| 15 | ‘ They 'll need to be ploughed and planted with a root crop for the first year . |
| 16 | 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago . |
| 17 | For those setting up a CL unit for the first time , and considering purchasing a new microscope , the inexpensive Olympus POS Student Microscope has one of the best transmissivities . |
| 18 | Willie Falconer will start a League game for the first time in six months , and teenager Alan Moore could make his debut . |
| 19 | A late developer on the world championship trail , Cardus made his debut in 1983 , won his first GP in 1989 and led a world championship for the first time last season . |
| 20 | In 1981 , however , sports car drivers had a World Championship for the first time , when the championship was again renamed the World Endurance Championship and from 1982 the championship was for the new Group C cars . |
| 21 | WITH nerves of steel , superhuman precision and no bedside manner whatsoever , a 7ft robot has taken part in a hospital operation for the first time . |
| 22 | We bought it , along with 60 acres , and opened a farm shop for the first three or four years , to sell our surplus . |
| 23 | ‘ That was not felt to be the most suitable way of proceeding in this matter , ’ he says , sounding like a police spokesman for the first time . |
| 24 | The year 1966 was when the number of people paying a TV licence for the first time exceeded the number paying a radio licence . |
| 25 | An elderly sergeant once remarked on his experience of attending a cot death for the first time , ‘ You just have to say to yourself , the next time I will be better equipped to cope with this type of situation … |
| 26 | Ian Durrant , whose midfield creativity will be crucial , appeared briefly as a substitute against Switzerland and Portugal but wins a starting role for the first time since being seriously injured four years ago . |
| 27 | DRUG-USING prisoners are to be given a heroin substitute for the first time in a Scottish jail in an effort to stop needle sharing . |
| 28 | Mengistu referred to the presence at an OAU summit for the first time of African National Congress deputy president Nelson Mandela , whom he described as " a shining symbol of the struggle for liberation " . |
| 29 | And the fact that I will be playing under him as captain on an England tour for the first time will not stop me having dinner and drinking with him most nights . |
| 30 | Later this month , it will announce an operating profit for the first quarter of 1992 , the second quarter running in which it has been profitable : the last quarter of 1991 produced a small profit of $80 million , although the year as a whole showed a $1.4 billion loss on turnover of $8.6 billion . |