Example sentences of "was [adj] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
2 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
3 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
4 | What was new in Althusser was that for the first time this epistemological tradition was developed for a Marxism . |
5 | Obviously the progress made in educational thinking just prior to 1973 , and in its interpretation , had been quite dramatic and the way was clear for the first time to develop long-term objectives for education . |
6 | Blake was content for the first time in days . |
7 | My period was late for the first time ever . |
8 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
9 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
10 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
11 | In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery . |
12 | He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance . |
13 | The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever . |
14 | A test position was certain for the First Test in Strasbourg until he suffered a knee injury and his goal was denied . |
15 | His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition . |
16 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |
17 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
18 | The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) . |