Example sentences of "[noun] for the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 2 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 3 | Plans for the first of the Italian journeys had been hatched in Vienna , and Leopold had obtained letters of recommendation from the Emperor , among others . |
| 4 | All the smart money for the first to finally come up with the goods is on John Lasseter of Pixar , the perennial star of animation festivals and the winner of the 1989 animation Oscar for the short film Tin Toy . |
| 5 | The bravest man of the week has to be grand prix driver Martin Donnelly … he was back in a formula one car for the first since a near fatal crash in Spain … |
| 6 | This week , each will be hoping to move up a gear for the first of the year 's major championships , even if Augusta do still insist on calling it a tournament . |
| 7 | All the signs are that it will be a holding speech , waiting until December for the first of the combined spending and taxing Budgets , with , maybe , some radical tax reforms thrown in . |
| 8 | Considering he was four over par after the first three holes of the New Orleans tournament , Faldo 's 11 under for the remaining 69 on a course he found demanding looks a useful dress rehearsal for the first of the year 's majors . |
| 9 | The American Psychiatric Association has chosen eating disorders for the first of its series of detailed practice guidelines , derived from the literature and from a consensus of expert reviewers , to assist doctors in clinical decision making . |
| 10 | FRANK BUNCE , an outstanding World Cup centre for Western Samoa last October , is one of three new caps in New Zealand 's team for the first of three centennial season Tests in a week against a World XV , writes John Mason . |
| 11 | The audience were in their seats for the first of the two evening performances . |
| 12 | Campbell Park , Milton Keynes , is the venue for the first of what the organisers hope will become an annual British Kite Festival . |
| 13 | During the years that the Uganda syllabus panels were meeting , the Lake Victoria Hotel , Entebbe was chosen as the venue for the first in a series of international workshops which heralded a new approach to curriculum development , a new dimension for pan-African co-operation and whose eventual product , the Entebbe Mathematics , proved to be possibly the most influential curriculum project yet to be launched in English — speaking Africa . |
| 14 | Peculiar day for the first of June , is n't it ? |
| 15 | So it was back to Melbourne for the first of the final matches . |
| 16 | The minute for the first of April begins " In the spring of the present year a few friends convened themselves together for the purpose of considering the possibility of opening a News & Reading Room . " |
| 17 | The situation there is that the , there 're , if you have double rooms as doubles then there would be , we do have a relatively low occupancy but the committee had decided to move towards double rooms being used as single occupancy only and on the , I 've got the latest figures for the first of January in front of me just by ch really just by chance |
| 18 | Gloucester 's slalom racing team took to the slopes for the first in August coach Chantelle is a former all England champion |
| 19 | Leonard was a natural choice for the first of the new series , both in bearing and background he represented , not merely McGill , but Canada itself ; he was accordingly approached . |
| 20 | Now we 're off to America and the desert of southern California for the first of a four part series featuring the RAF 's parachute display team — the Falcons . |
| 21 | The next sizeable raid occurred on 5 March , and on this occasion 7/JG 26 was to enjoy some reinforcement for the first of two occasions . |
| 22 | Success for Bonallack was not to be long delayed , for in 1961 he won the championship for the first of what was to be five times , the fifth being at Royal Co Down in 1970 , the last occasion on which it was held in Northern Ireland . |
| 23 | We will then travel by coach through the golds and reds of a New Hampshire autumn for the first of two nights at the Town and Country Inn , Gorham , north of Massachusetts . |
| 24 | After the two men had shaken hands she thankfully escaped , leaving them to talk while she went out to prepare the treatment-room for the first of the morning 's patients . |
| 25 | The 26-year-old right back , capped for the only time two years ago , increases to 26 the squad that manager Graham Taylor expects to fly out to Katowice next Thursday for the first of the Group Two qualifiers next Saturday . |
| 26 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
| 27 | AN ambulance service has been criticised after spending £120 on a personalised number plate for the first of six American Chevrolet ambulances due to go into operation in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland . |
| 28 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 29 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 30 | Now with summer well and truly upon us , it 's time for the first in a new series looking at some of the region 's loveliest gardens . |