Example sentences of "[noun] for [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Wragg writes : Your Local Education Authority is obliged to give your son a grant for his first higher- education course . |
| 2 | No newspaper in history has ever had such a lead story for its first ever first edition as the Glasgow Advertiser and Glasgow Herald , 207 years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ An example from the history of our own time is a lady of the high nobility , who had an invincible loathing for her first husband , although he was first among all subjects . … ’ |
| 4 | The budget for its first year was set at F66 million and at F100 million for the next 12 months . |
| 5 | And while there were crudely economic motives in , for example , sending Hitchcock to reconstruct English and Oriental settings in Italy and Germany for his first film , The Pleasure Garden ( 1925 ) , it did at least show that he was as aware as the Film Society 's membership of the backwardness of British films . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , WBA and IBF champion Bowe has lined up Michael Dokes for his first title defence on February 6 . |
| 7 | It has planned an exciting programme of activities for its first ever BAYSDAY which it hopes will be attended by young people of secondary school age from all over the country . |
| 8 | After comfortable wins for their first and third pairs , it was left to Julian Godfrey and Laurence Matthews to clinch the championship with a nail biting 7–6 , 7–6 success over Richard Pannell and Dylan Williams . |
| 9 | With James out of the running for the Cup final against Newcastle , Chapman called up George Male for his first Cup tie . |
| 10 | British Telecom has been presented with an award for its first environmental performance report . |
| 11 | ‘ Probably about an hour for your first visit . |
| 12 | Do not use textured , fluffy or other fancy yarns for your first attempts with weaving because these can be more difficult to use . |
| 13 | I 'm beginning to realize why perfectly sane people pitch themselves at the mercy of the elements miles from the security of terra firma , has provided the perfect resort for our first events of the . |
| 14 | CANADA was on course for its first woman prime minister early today as voting continued in the ruling Conservative party 's leadership election . |
| 15 | ENGLAND swept aside defending champions Ireland at Hoylake yesterday to stay on course for their first men 's amateur Home International title for four years . |
| 16 | Su Ragazzi kept on course for their first men 's league and cup by qualifying for their cup final at Meadowbank on 28 March . |
| 17 | This puts him on course for his first pole in Adelaide since 1986 , his first win in Australia , a record 10th victory of the season and the 31st of his 12-year career . |
| 18 | The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road . |
| 19 | The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road . |
| 20 | These provide the titles for our first three chapters . |
| 21 | LENNOX LEWIS yesterday signed new contracts for his first defence of the WBC heavyweight title against Tony Tucker in Las Vegas on 8 May , after the WBC sup- ported fight promoter Don King 's demand that the champion should receive 75 per cent — not 80 per cent . |
| 22 | Whereas before the majority of pet dog owners would have just one dog , more and more people now decide to get a second dog — often as a playmate for their first dog . |
| 23 | McNab silenced them perfectly within five minutes with a low 20-yard shot into the bottom corner after 77 minutes for his first goal g the season . |
| 24 | THE PGA European Tour , which started in Tenerife last year , will be moving north to Portugal for its first tournament of the Nineties . |
| 25 | Candidates for their first post were generally distinguished , where necessary , as " new ; but as the present discussion is concerned almost entirely with these " new the term mulazim by itself is to be understood in that sense unless otherwise noted . |
| 26 | Daisy came to the World Championships with me in Sweden last year and came fourteenth in the under fifteen year old class — a good result for her first competition . |
| 27 | Gerry Flynn , who still has not fully recovered from a hernia operation , was thrown into the fray against Ards , as was newcomer Fran Hitchcock for his first game , and they both marked the occasion with a goal . |
| 28 | Welsh international Clayton Blackmore will take over Phelan 's right back spot as United search for their first home win after two successive away victories . |
| 29 | United 's search for their first away win of the season ended at Leicester : 3-2 it could and should have been more . |
| 30 | We cross to Calais and continue to Brussels for our first overnight stop . |