Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contracts for the first defence of the title given to Lewis when Riddick Bowe was stripped of the distinction by the WBC were signed by the fighter and his manager , Frank Maloney , in Glasgow yesterday and faxed to Tucker 's handler , Don King , in New York . |
| 2 | The accounts for the first year indicated quite clearly the recognition of the social divisions which existed at the time . |
| 3 | The number of boys fluctuated around 100 , but the School at last seemed to have become viable , a credit balance appearing in the accounts for the first time . |
| 4 | The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . |
| 5 | Hilary particularly remembers ‘ … the mesmeric Senta , whose teaching was so brilliant that Rata Quick and I both achieved the splits for the first and last time in our lives , with no untoward effects ! ’ . |
| 6 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 7 | Then , on 20 June , the Germans for the first time employed a new type of diphosgene gas shell . |
| 8 | All that we have available is the notes for the first part of the introduction , written , presumably , in the spring , and consisting of a highly condensed discussion of Greek tragedy and its development . |
| 9 | DID YOU notice the unusual , if not unique , feature of the scorecards for the first Test between England and New Zealand at Christchurch ? |
| 10 | The optimist would point out that the aggregate attendance for the two Tests so far — 31,310 — compares very favourably with the aggregates for the first two Tests of 1980 ( 17,977 ) , and 1985 ( 28,097 ) . |
| 11 | The authorities for the first time gave permission for an opposition demonstration on March 7 . |
| 12 | Captain Awud then presented the candidates for the first committee — as it happened , the development committee . |
| 13 | In 1960 the candidates for the first time debated on television , and politics began an almost metaphysical transformation : the external world was miraculously reconvened as powdered images upon America 's internal screen . |
| 14 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |
| 15 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 16 | Shocked , she looked him fully in the eyes for the first time . |
| 17 | Things started to go wrong after just 16 minutes when Steve Norris raced through and lobbed the ball over the heads for the first goal … |
| 18 | This autumn it 's own range of clothing appears in the shops for the first time . |
| 19 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
| 20 | There was , however , disappointment for the government on both counts : investment by industry in the inner cities has remained relatively small , and only 20 per cent of the funds for the first City Technology Colleges came from non-government sources . |
| 21 | ‘ Tennis came back to the Olympics for the first time in Seoul , and maybe now that it is recognised again as an Olympic sport , it will become more important in East Germany . |
| 22 | But with seven wins from their last eight , the Chargers look set to reach the play-offs for the first time since 1982 — the first to do so after such a poor start . |
| 23 | Matters came to a head in a break during the sessions for the first LP . |
| 24 | But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs . |
| 25 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
| 26 | Going past the stands for the first time , the Unwins ' Upper Gumtree still showed in front but with Premiere almost alongside ; pampering was on the inside tugging his jockey 's arms out . |
| 27 | Architects for the conversion were Cecil Denny Highton and Partners and the work was carried out in two phases , the contractors for the first being Newman and Kerry of Aldershot , and J. Edwards and Sons of Waterlooville for the second . |
| 28 | Details of the transactions for the first month are given below . |
| 29 | Details of the transactions for the first month are given below . |
| 30 | 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 . |