Example sentences of "for the first time [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 2 | ‘ So you will not consider me , after all our friendship ? ’ he asked , and Emily moved restlessly ; he realised for the first time that all her movements were studied . |
| 3 | Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis . |
| 4 | Convenient scapegoats perhaps , but the K G B was open about today 's activities too ; Major General Alexander Karbalnov of the K G B revealed for the first time that seven hundred thousand people have been executed for political crimes since the revolution and that three-and-a-half million have been repressed . |
| 5 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 6 | In between the two mosques , in the great arc of roofs and terraces which surmounted the houses of Shahjehanabad , I saw for the first time that secret Delhi which lies hidden from those who only know the city from ground level . |
| 7 | LOGO and the languages which follow could allow people of the Third World to recover control of their cultural and educational development for the first time since elite education began to be Europeanised last century . |
| 8 | For the first time since economic co-operation was established as one of the three " baskets " under the 1975 Helsinki Final Act , an economic meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) was held in Bonn on March 19-April 11 . |
| 9 | BRITAIN is dreaming of a green Christmas this year for the first time since artificial trees appeared in the shops . |
| 10 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 11 | The operation was repeated in November , when Larak — this time a 2,500 km round trip — was bombed for the first time and five tankers were hit . |
| 12 | The R Y A is financially strong , following from the good results of last year , the reserves passed one million pounds for the first time and those will enable us to continue with our work for yachting while we deal with the problems that I have touched upon . |
| 13 | I I what I want to do is make , if people going into selling advertising for the first time and most people are let's face it |
| 14 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 15 | This is because the students will be dealing with this for the first time and this is thought to be a clearer presentation . |
| 16 | The new accommodation means we are under one roof for the first time and this means communication between departments , a critical factor in my job , is improved tremendously . |
| 17 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |