Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
2 | Should you wish to paint hardwood for the first time , it will be necessary to coat it with an aluminium primer . |
3 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
4 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
5 | The Islamic fundamentalist Welfare Party ( RP-Refah Partisi — led by Necmettin Erbakan ) entered parliament for the first time , with 62 seats , on an agenda which included withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and renunciation of efforts towards EC membership . |
6 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
7 | If , when you have read the letter overleaf , you decide to accept responsibility for the first £50 of claims please fill in the boxes below . |
8 | I wish to accept responsibility for the first £50 of all claims under Section 1 — Buildings of the above policy ( other than claims arising from Subsidence , where special conditions apply , or Fire or Property Owners Liability ) . |
9 | Nijinsky then went to Longchamp as a hot favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe , but there , under a less-than-brilliant ride from Piggott , he tasted defeat for the first time , beaten a head by Sassafras . |
10 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
11 | In June 1984 , small businesses were also required to provide security for the first time under the scheme , which obviously deterred many potential entrepreneurs and damaged the usefulness of the scheme . |
12 | She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours . |
13 | We 'll even give you free glazing insurance for the first 12 months . |
14 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
15 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
16 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
17 | Domestic consumption of grain overtook production for the first time . |
18 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
19 | From what I could gather , we played crap for the first 20–25 minutes . |
20 | 1989 : As CD outsells vinyl for the first time , rumours are rife about the impending arrival of a blank , recordable CD . |
21 | Drink up : Euro Disney has begun to serve alcohol for the first time at four of its restaurants as it seeks to stem heavy losses from weak attendance . |
22 | RUGBY LEAGUE : The Stones Bitter Premiership final at Old Trafford on Sunday , May 17 , is to be made all-ticket for the first time . |
23 | Statistics on the death penalty in the USSR have been made public for the first time since 1934 . |
24 | STATE school exam results tables will be made public for the first time this week in the biggest Government publishing exercise since ration books . |
25 | Near his Chalk Farm flat was an entrée to another social scene , the world of the small magazines , of Pete Brown , Mal Dean — who had done design for the first It and Robins was drawn towards it . |
26 | Section 1 describes how to install LIFESPAN for the first time on your VAX , |
27 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
28 | I HAVE JUST bought Esquire for the first time . |
29 | When Chris Lewis replaced Malcolm , ball dominated bat for the first time in the match , with nothing to show for it . |
30 | I attend college for the first time in weeks . |