Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ON ADVENT Sunday , 29th November , 22 nervous teenager contestants with their families and Catenian organisers met in the lecture theatre of the North Tees Hospital for the first public speaking competition promoted by the Catenian Association in the North East . |
| 2 | Such restrictive terms will be upheld by the courts only if they are reasonable , such as when a computer programmer working for a bank agrees not to work for another similar bank within a five mile radius for the first year following the termination of his employment . |
| 3 | She wagged her finger at Frank , even for the first week behaving flirtatiously with him — while he tried to hide an obvious mixture of embarrassment and pleasure . |
| 4 | For the year as a whole turnover topped £100m for the first time rising 10.4pc to £101.6m . |
| 5 | On Sept. 20 he said that prospects for an October peace conference were still uncertain , although the USA was " for the first time bringing pressure to bear on Israel " . |
| 6 | This demand was indeed radical since women were for the first time trying to achieve some independence as persons and to exercise some power as individuals in their own right . |
| 7 | Launched by the Princess of Wales in 1988 , the hospice entered the Awards for the first time using its 1990 accounts which covered its first operational year with a full complement of staff . |
| 8 | Compiled annually , it is a voluminous source which can now be fully exploited for the first time using computer techniques . |
| 9 | In Education there were substantially increased admissions to Initial Teacher Education ( ITE ) including for the first time intending teachers of Business Studies . |
| 10 | Since that meeting , I am glad that the industry has announced its plan to double the number of insurance ratings , for the first time taking account of factory-fitted security measures in assessing insurance grouping . |
| 11 | Then in the distance , the 6ft wave could be seen for the first time roaring up river at 10 mph . |
| 12 | The first two rounds of voting — in north Lebanon and the Bekaa on Aug. 23 , and in Beirut and Mount Lebanon on Aug. 30 — produced some wins for Hezbollah , an Islamic group aligned with Syrian policy-making which was for the first time participating in elections as a parliamentary party . |
| 13 | The Bioscope very much approved of the description of the movies as ‘ the drama of the masses , and went on to argue that the whole beauty of the movies was that they were for the first time providing amusement , ‘ the greatest factor in the life of.the masses ’ , to ‘ the millions ‘ who had been ‘ passed over for so many years and considered of no account ’ . |
| 14 | Digital Equipment Corp has announced that it will offer a new hub backplane , code-named One Hub , in early 1993 , plugging the gap at the high end of the DEChub 90 range and for the first time offering Ethernet , Token Ring , and the Fibre Distributed Data Interface , FDDI , at first , and Asynchronous Transfer Mode high-speed networking technology , when it becomes available , in one product . |
| 15 | Your brain is for the first time having to struggle and strive and keep really busy , which is great . |
| 16 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 17 | Champions SQUASH : Simon Cairns won the York squash championship for the first time beating No 2 seed Paul Adams 9–5 , 9–3 , 9–5 , in the final at Dunnington . |
| 18 | She went into the drawing-room , and flung back her veil , for the first time revealing a pair of remarkable green eyes , set at a slant like a cat 's or lynx 's . |
| 19 | He nodded , for the first time understanding her . |
| 20 | Then he said quickly , for the first time sounding awkward , " You have been with Jasper a long time , have n't you ? " |
| 21 | There was evidently no absolute labour shortage , if only because the reserve armies of the rural population ( at home and abroad ) were now for the first time advancing en masse upon the industrial labour markets . |
| 22 | For the first time conceding a measure of Chinese control , he proposed a " self-governing democratic political entity " to be set up " in association with " China , with the latter maintaining some control over foreign affairs and defence . |
| 23 | The passing out parade was held on Saturday , 23 February 1918 , which ended with Charlie marching his section up and down the parade ground keeping step with the regimental band , and for the first time feeling like a soldier even if Tommy still resembled a sack of potatoes . |
| 24 | The prospect of the full range being available in its entirety in Japan by the end of 1991 , has spurred new disc development , some for the first time incorporating graphics and sound . |
| 25 | The body came ashore into the grass with monstrous and majestic indifference , for the first time caring nothing at all what impression it made . |
| 26 | Berdichev turned his head and looked at Clarac , for the first time letting a brief smile signal his satisfaction . |
| 27 | By 1988 Britain was for the first time selling more to the EEC than to the rest of the world ( £47 billion out of £93.5 billion at 1991 prices ) . |
| 28 | This is what strikes fear into the hearts of all but the most experienced , and has men playing there for the first time knocking at the knees . |
| 29 | A break of 83 put him in front for the first time adding a 70 clearance in the sixth after Wattana led 58-0 . |
| 30 | The Prince smirked and Gaveston turned , for the first time acknowledging their presence with a condescending sneer . |