Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] for the first " in BNC.

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1 When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones .
2 The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry .
3 We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly .
4 The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office .
5 Wales have yet to qualify for the first round of the NatWest Trophy , but looking at the results from this year 's competition , perhaps they were well out of it .
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