Example sentences of "for the first [noun sg] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Vinkenoog , the founder of Sigma Nederland provided a piece from Amsterdam for the first issue on the then prominent Provos , the proto-Green anarchists who had just won seats on that city 's council . |
| 2 | * A small mound ( roughly ‘ T ’ -shaped ? ) of damp sand was made to raise the ball off the ground ( if required ) , for the first shot on every hole and a box of sand for this purpose was located on what was known in the earlier days as the teeing ground , but is now known as the tee , or tee box . |
| 3 | Rainbow searches for the first step on the yellow brick road , the gate to the Emerald City . |
| 4 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 5 | The formative period from 1850 to 1914 witnessed the birth of a clearly identifiable movement , with labour organising for the first time on a massive scale . |
| 6 | Not for the first time on a trip , the naturalist , writer and traveller Redmond O'Hanlon fantasized about waking between crisp , dry sheets . |
| 7 | People who hear themselves for the first time on a tape-recorder often find it hard to believe that the stranger talking is actually them . |
| 8 | One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard . |
| 9 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 10 | Last week at the Sybase User Conference , Microsoft showed off a prototype 32-bit version of SQL Server designed to exploit NT 's multiprocessing architecture for the first time on a NCR 486 MP machine . |
| 11 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 12 | It was announced yesterday that the Glasgow Cup tournament will be played this season for the first time on an all-weather pitch . |
| 13 | After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel . |
| 14 | At precisely the same time as circumcision and the blood of circumcision was receiving this new casting and additional dimension , legislation about female blood — i.e. the blood of menstruation and childbirth — appeared for the first time on the scene . |
| 15 | SILLARS STALKER * , who was winning for the first time on the Flat when landing an apprentice handicap at Hamilton Park eight days ago , should make a successful return to the Scottish track in today 's Levy Board Handicap ( 5.15 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 18 | Ladbrokes yesterday opened a book for the first time on the title and make Scudamore an apparently generous 4–6 shot . |
| 19 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 20 | Abbotsfield and Carinish Court : Peter had heard the two names for the first time on the same evening in July 1964 . |
| 21 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 22 | I had hot water for the first time on the island . |
| 23 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 24 | I felt , for the first time on the island , a small cold shiver of solitary-place fear . |
| 25 | And somehow , not too long after eight o'clock on the Monday evening , the curtain rose for the first time on the London production of The Hooded Owl by Malcolm Harris . |
| 26 | They saw each other for the first time on the fourth night of the marriage ceremonies and now have a son . |
| 27 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 28 | At a meeting on Washington on Feb. 9 climatologists reached agreement for the first time on the assessment of likely climatic effects of the increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation . |
| 29 | In November 1989 it was announced that the Falkland Islands Company ( now owned by Anglo United , a UK-based mining and fuel distribution group which had taken over Coalite , the Falkland Islands Company 's existing owner , in August 1989 ) would be appointing a chief executive who would be based for the first time on the islands themselves . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , George Albert Smith 's name stands as the inventor of a colour process which was viable , which was shown worldwide , and which presented for the first time on the screen a photographically produced colour picture . |