Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the first time " in BNC.

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1 Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third .
2 When removing a drain for the first time , the suture must be removed , and the safety pin replaced about 1″ down the tube if it is to be shortened .
3 United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time .
4 Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter .
5 Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter .
6 One essential requirement , before attempting to fly a model equipped with a gyro for the first time , is to ensure that the gyro is working in the correct sense .
7 Jenny Pitman 's Do Be Brief stepped onto a racecourse for the first time in the first division of the Christmas Pudding Novice Hurdle and made quite an impression in beating Sailor 's Luck , but not half as big as his stable-companion Egypt Mill , who looked something special in landing the second division by 10 lengths .
8 The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt .
9 He is trying to joke , she senses he is at a loss for the first time that afternoon .
10 Electing a President for the first time ( Mauritius having become a republic in March 1992 — see p. 38804 ) , the National Assembly on June 30 chose Cassam Uteem , hitherto Minister for Industry and Industrial Technology ; Uteem 's ministerial post went to Bashir Khodabux , also of the Mouvement militant mauricien ( MMM ) .
11 Every year , some 100,000 people in England and Wales suffer a stroke for the first time — one third will die within two to three weeks whilst around half the survivors remain permanently disabled .
12 When I tell you that , every year , 100,000 people in England and Wales suffer a stroke for the first time and that some of these may be unborn babies or small children , then I am sure that you will want to help .
13 A&R staff do n't listen to a tape for the first time in front of a new artist .
14 In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner .
15 The Companies Act 1989 has changed the definition of a subsidiary and as a result A. Layout ( Leisurewear ) Ltd has been treated as a subsidiary for the first time .
16 When saving a file for the first time a SUMMARY INFORMATION menu may be displayed .
17 If you were one of last year 's groups and wish to continue , or if you would like to join a group for the first time , please let me know as soon as possible .
18 You should telephone before venturing to a place for the first time , but it is probably wise also to go by yourself and have a look , to check whether you can manoeuvre the patient in and out of the building easily , and whether the toilet facilities are suitable .
19 And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’
20 This option enables you to update a Product either to enter information about a Product for the first time or to update existing information about a Product .
21 Married women who are claiming a repayment for the first time should fill in form R95(D) attached to leaflet IR 112 and send it to their local tax office .
22 There are many different ways of looking at a town for the first time .
23 After the Romans were driven out by the Alemanni in the fifth century , the history of the area is misty until the ninth , when Zurich is mentioned as a town for the first time with the building of a palace there by Charlemagne .
24 To their credit the Springboks took a leaf out of the Wallaby book by holding their Friday training session before the test in a township for the first time ever .
25 MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston .
26 Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction .
27 He was wearing a tie for the first time in his life .
28 The Democratic majority did , however , succeed in overturning a veto for the first time during the four-year presidency of George Bush .
29 NICK FARR-JONES picked up a ball for the first time in three months and reminded everyone that he is the world 's best scrum-half .
30 three days ' leave , and a chance for the first time in many months to reflect on life .
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