Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 2 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 3 | Wales were convinced that they were one up on Scotland in having already experienced Joel Dume in their England match , while the Sassenachs ' top brass reckoned Scotland would be at a definite disadvantage for the first 20 minutes . |
| 4 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , facing probably the biggest crisis in its history now that it is confronted with an administration not prepared to pour ever more good taxpayers ' money after bad ( CI No 2,166 ) , yesterday reported that turnover for the first quarter of the year crashed by 10.6% , to the equivalent of $943m ; sales slumped 16.5% to $422m and rentals and services fell 5.1% to $521m . |
| 5 | And now facing probably the biggest crisis in its history , Bull last week reported that turnover for the first quarter of the year crashed by 10.6% , to the equivalent of $943m . |
| 6 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 7 | With the football decider having ended in deadlock Carlow champions Eire Og and O'Donovan Rossa of Cork must meet again this afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick to decide which side lifts the prestigious trophy for a first time . |
| 8 | Even when these insects adopt a very different existence for the first part of their lives , they do not change their form very radically . |
| 9 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 10 | In response to Air Ministry Specification R14/24 calling for a large , long-range flying-boat , Blackburn Aircraft ventured into this field for the first time in 1924 with their RB.1 Iris ( Blackburn 's previous flying-boat experience had been with the diminutive N.1B and Pellet single-seat designs ) . |
| 11 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 12 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 13 | BGS provided much of the logistical support for the first international conference arranged under the auspices of IGCP Project 294 , Very Low Grade Metamorphism , which was held at the University of Manchester , 5–6 July 1990 . |
| 14 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 15 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 16 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 17 | The detailed work for the first drafts of the Information memorandum can usefully be carried out by non-MAS staff using example documentation . |
| 18 | Towards morning , Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years . |
| 19 | Mohammed has a son , Mustapha , who was a lively boy for the first eight years of his life , then some cerebral bug hit him . |
| 20 | In fact they were clearly entranced by Hannah — which , it has to be said , is par for the course with everyone meeting this lady for the first time . |
| 21 | Osijek , Vinkovci and Pakrac in the east experienced bombardments of unprecedented severity during the night of Sept. 11-12 , and Kostajnica ( on the Croatia-Bosnia border 60 miles south of Zagreb ) fell to Serbian forces on Sept. 12 , bringing a section of Bosnia into the Serbian zone for the first time . |
| 22 | American Independence is offering a free place for the first child , in Lake Tahoe in California , with the second child paying Pounds 169 . |
| 23 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 24 | In the years immediately after the Second World War , the particular concerns of old age became a subject for serious social investigation for the first time . |
| 25 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 26 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 27 | General Motors and Ford both expect to lose money on car manufacturing this quarter for the first time since the 1982 recession , largely as a result of overcapacity in the market . |
| 28 | Personal best : Anthony Mason of Ipswich Harriers cleared seven metres in the high jump for the first time in his career |
| 29 | Peculiar day for the first of June , is n't it ? |
| 30 | This part of Enfield has those yellow sodium lamps that have that delicate rosy glow for the first few minutes after they are switched on . |