Example sentences of "have [prep] the first [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 2 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 3 | The UK government has for the first time ruled out the award of oil and gas exploration licences in certain areas on environmental grounds . |
| 4 | This is coupled with a situation where the local authority , having in the first place backed a particular scheme such as mink-farm construction on Trondra , is reluctant to make a U-turn in its attitude for fear of incurring compensation costs . |
| 5 | The deputy chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq , Robert Galucci , said in Bahrain on Jan. 14 that Iraq had for the first time admitted " pursuing a production-scale centrifuge enrichment programme rather than simply a research programme " , after UN inspectors confronted Iraqi officials with evidence supplied by Germany showing the involvement of German firms in this programme . |
| 6 | The best chance Town had in the first half came from this corner and it came from skipper Colin Calderwood . |
| 7 | Many countries who received aid to introduce the Green Revolution had repressive regimes , whose policies had in the first place brought about the poverty . |
| 8 | The queen 's eldest son by her first husband , Thomas Grey , had in the first reign married the king 's niece Anne Holland , the daughter and heiress of Henry Holland duke of Exeter by Edward 's sister Anne . |
| 9 | The queen 's eldest son by her first husband , Thomas Grey , had in the first reign married the king 's niece Anne Holland , the daughter and heiress of Henry Holland duke of Exeter by Edward 's sister Anne . |
| 10 | South African authorities have for the first time permitted Mr Nelson Mandela to talk by telephone with exiled leaders of the African National Congress from the prison where he is held near Cape Town . |
| 11 | For instance , we are well-used to integrating vocational assessments in care , but for the general SVQ we have for the first time found it necessary to set up meetings with colleagues delivering modules in numeracy , information technology and budget financing . |
| 12 | Scientists at La Jolla University , California , have for the first time established a link between nitrous oxide and the nylon industry . |