Example sentences of "for the first [noun sg] on the " 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 | Rainbow searches for the first step on the yellow brick road , the gate to the Emerald City . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 8 | Ladbrokes yesterday opened a book for the first time on the title and make Scudamore an apparently generous 4–6 shot . |
| 9 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 10 | Abbotsfield and Carinish Court : Peter had heard the two names for the first time on the same evening in July 1964 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had hot water for the first time on the island . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I felt , for the first time on the island , a small cold shiver of solitary-place fear . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They saw each other for the first time on the fourth night of the marriage ceremonies and now have a son . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |