Example sentences of "in [noun] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 2 | They are joined in Brighton for the first time by LONDON NEW MUSIC . |
| 3 | WITH the two main floodlit tournaments in Junior Rugby just around the corner , many clubs are looking forward to the opportunity to sharpen their skills in preparation for the first batch of league matches . |
| 4 | Where a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party is representing this party in parliament for the first time the above ( normal ) procedure shall be set in motion not earlier than eighteen months after his or her election as Member of Parliament . |
| 5 | Fears of recession which heightened the perception of silver as an industrial metal and heavy over-supply over an extended period , caused prices to plummet to below $4.00 a troy ounce in mid-December for the first time in fifteen years . |
| 6 | He is under 13 stone in weight for the first time since his teens . |
| 7 | When , for example , establishment actor Raymond Massey saw James Dean in action for the first time on the set of East of Eden , emitting as he did a stream of sexual and genital adjectives , Massey stormed off the set declaring , ‘ I have never experienced anything like this in my entire life . |
| 8 | Krabbe 's comeback GERMANY 'S double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe will be back in action for the first time since the lifting of her doping ban , at a meeting on her home Neubrandenburg track on June 13 . |
| 9 | Several Cabinet ministers will address the two-day gathering which is being held at the Royal International Pavilion in Llangollen for the first time . |
| 10 | ‘ We have lost two League games in succession for the first time since August . |
| 11 | Rangers ' goalkeeper , who has a valid claim to the title of Britain 's best by his displays in Europe this season , has missed two matches in succession for the first time since joining the club from Hibs and will not train today . |
| 12 | Next day — possibly anticipating that the fighter defences had been crippled by the attrition of the 22nd. , the Axis appeared in force for the first time in some days as a further convoy reached the island . |
| 13 | Deputies from the SPA , in opposition for the first time , abstained from the vote . |
| 14 | The film is bogged down in exposition for the first hour , remains plodding , and shifts uncertainly between protagonists . |
| 15 | He sold Grove Chance , then in foal for the first time , to his neighbour Percy Thomas , but when she died shortly after giving birth to Norton 's Coin he bought back the foal . |
| 16 | The article also states that the burden of proof that a standard term has been individually negotiated falls on the seller or supplier , but given the provisions set out in the previous paragraph , it is hard to see how this burden can ever be discharged , unless there has been an individual negotiation at which both parties actually discussed and wrote out the clause in question for the first time . |
| 17 | The old flag was raised over the Supreme Soviet building in Riga for the first time on Feb. 27 . |
| 18 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 19 | Soon red kites , breeding again in Scotland for the first time in 100 years , may be added to their list . |
| 20 | A chapel-reared Cornish boy , he was far from home , working in Salisbury , drinking in pubs for the first time in his life , sleeping rough in a wood . |
| 21 | Many pistoliers will be fighting in battle for the first time . |
| 22 | Mounds of legal documents were brought to the Court House in Whitminster for the first day of the case between B & Q and Gloucester City Council . |
| 23 | I was looking forward to being a guest in Ireland for the first time , instead of merely a paying guest . |
| 24 | Charlie Haughey : the man who groomed a woman to lead one of the major political parties in Ireland for the first time . |
| 25 | ( It is also relevant to Athenian fears that , as Livy tells us under the year 431 , Carthage now encroached in Sicily for the first time , iv.29.8 with R. M. Ogilvie ( 1965 ) Commentary on Livy i-v , Oxford . ) |
| 26 | Thus a limited constitution with a representative body , the Duma appeared in Russia for the first time . |
| 27 | As Bramley are already promoted to the Second , with Ryedale York and Workington doomed to the Third , the six clubs in contention for the First Division 's second relegation place are the only sides anticipating a nervous Easter . |
| 28 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 29 | Grain output rose by 6% , and wheat was in surplus for the first time in four years . |
| 30 | With the scheduling of the 1992 Asian Classic — in Thailand for the first time this year — for January 30 , and the new World Championship for mid-December each year , the professional golf season now effectively covers 12 months , involving more travel than ever before . |