Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 2 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 3 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 4 | On this occasion some of the Messerschmitts had carried bombs for the first time — not a new role for III/JG 27 , which had operated in this manner over the Balkans during the previous month . |
| 5 | Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip . |
| 6 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 7 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
| 8 | Guerrillas in Kashmir used rockets for the first time on June 19 , in an attack on two waterfront hotels in Srinagar which were being used as barracks by Indian security forces . |
| 9 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 10 | CCG will continue to provide services for the first year of operation and hopefully into the future . |
| 11 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 14 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 15 | It is expected that support materials for the first clusters will be available in summer 1992 . |
| 16 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 17 | To cover costs for the first £320 you may either pay us a non-refundable damage/loss excess waiver of £32 per yacht ( £7 each for a Share a Yacht or Pot Luck ) , or lodge ( direct with us , not through a travel agent ) a security deposit of £320 per yacht ( £70 each if sharing ) at the time of making your final payment . |
| 18 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 19 | but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time . |
| 20 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 21 | Shooting raises fear of sectarian bloodbath Cardinals on either side of the Irish Sea yesterday joined forces for the first time to condemn the IRA , reports Gary Duncan . |
| 22 | I remember some years ago being called by a man who told me he had just now heard things for the first time in the Beethoven Fifth . |
| 23 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |
| 24 | TEETHING troubles with America 's second space shuttle , Challenger , could disrupt plans for the first flight of Europe 's Spacelab this autumn . |
| 25 | The allegations , which coincided with the opening in October of a fatal accident inquiry into the Lockerbie air disaster [ see p. 37732 ] , raised questions for the first time about the widely held view that the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell of the PFLP-GC [ see pp. 37897-98 ] . |
| 26 | DOTING couple Alf and Jean Smith are on speaking terms for the first time in TEN YEARS . |
| 27 | You should read this section if you are installing FMS for the first time , or are not sure if you have sufficient global sections and global pages available . |
| 28 | According to Reuter , he is known on Wall Street for his prowess as a cost-cutter and an asset-seller , a reputation that is likely to cause consternation among IBM employees already facing lay-offs for the first time in the company 's history . |
| 29 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 30 | In Scotland , where such initiatives have been centrally funded by the Scottish Office , many hospitals have introduced phlebotomists for the first time . |