Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 2 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 3 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 4 | ‘ They are given a topic straight away to revise for the first exam — which is at 9am the following morning . |
| 5 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 6 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 7 | ( The Abbey 's building and contents insurance must be taken out to qualify for the first time buyer 's discount ) . |
| 8 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 9 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 10 | ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ . |
| 11 | A wide range of support is available to assist existing exporters and businesses about to export for the first time . |
| 12 | Wales have yet to qualify for the first round of the NatWest Trophy , but looking at the results from this year 's competition , perhaps they were well out of it . |