Example sentences of "for the first [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 2 | ‘ It is projected to average £33 billion annually to the turn of the century and grow to £45 billion a year for the first decade of the new century . |
| 3 | These meetings were a dress-rehearsal for the first session of the Council . |
| 4 | The minutes dragged while they listened for the first hum of the approaching helicopter . |
| 5 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 6 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , facing probably the biggest crisis in its history now that it is confronted with an administration not prepared to pour ever more good taxpayers ' money after bad ( CI No 2,166 ) , yesterday reported that turnover for the first quarter of the year crashed by 10.6% , to the equivalent of $943m ; sales slumped 16.5% to $422m and rentals and services fell 5.1% to $521m . |
| 7 | And now facing probably the biggest crisis in its history , Bull last week reported that turnover for the first quarter of the year crashed by 10.6% , to the equivalent of $943m . |
| 8 | Thereafter , ‘ fly the line ’ , keeping a careful eye on drift and timing for the first quarter of the route , and replicating whatever heading is required for the next three- quarters , noting the times to the quarter-points . |
| 9 | The Marines swarmed into the tunnel like bubbles disappearing down a plughole , Mortimer at their head , eyes bright , looking for the first sign of the opposition . |
| 10 | The potential for the first management of the ‘ wildwood ’ may have been under-appreciated by researchers in the past , so that by the time the first people with a knowledge of agriculture arrived from Europe in the period before 4000 BC , the landscape may already have been greatly altered . |
| 11 | Figures for the first half of the year from the Building Societies Association showed that only around 54,360 people were in arrears with their mortgages . |
| 12 | For the first half of the last century , most European nations assumed that France would somehow try to repeat the project . |
| 13 | For the first half of the 1991 model-year ( which began on October 1st 1990 ) , Buick 's sales have risen by 6.6% , compared with an 8.8% fall in all American car sales . |
| 14 | For the first half of the nineteenth century the evidence is sparse , but some generalizations may be made . |
| 15 | FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force . |
| 16 | HGCA figures for the first half of the 1992–93 season show Ipswich exporting ten per cent of all British wheat . |
| 17 | For the first half of the nineteenth century , these goals were admirably adhered to , as the society assembled mostly printed and written matter : books , letters , manuscripts , diaries , letters and newspapers , making it one of the most distinguished libraries in the country . |
| 18 | Alpine days stay reasonably warm for the first half of the month . |
| 19 | For the first half of the meeting the division was split into two large committees to work through the agreed agenda . |
| 20 | Between 1713 and 1763 they paid little attention to the colonies in America , and at least for the first half of the period it was hard to see what else could have been done . |
| 21 | Thus the inspiration for the first half of the more modern name of Horncastle . |
| 22 | If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less . |
| 23 | In a similar analysis for the first half of the 1970s , Keeble ( 1980 ) showed that the relative importance of these factors had changed . |
| 24 | Sales revenues for scholastic Publications Ltd reached £8.96m for the first half of the company 's financial year ( June to November 1992 ) , representing an increase of 23.5% over the same period in 1991 . |
| 25 | The company has just released the Interim Report showing the results for the first half of the current financial year . |
| 26 | For the first half of the period covered in this book , and again towards its end , England was involved in foreign wars . |
| 27 | For the first half of the fifteenth century , Gascony was under less pressure , probably because Henry V 's campaigns had shifted the bulk of military activity to northern France , but even so war had a serious effect on wine exports . |
| 28 | Not that she was destined to get any practice at such a mega-speed , since Downes , at least for the first half of the interview , was to enunciate his words with the slow deliberation of a stupefied zombie . |
| 29 | However , for the first half of the century the offerers of the catechism still led the way . |
| 30 | Yeah , the payroll costs for the first half of last year were seventy three point eight million the payroll costs for the first half of the review were sixty eight point eight |