Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam , without any hesitation had agreed knowing that to wait for the first available fireman would delay his train 's departure . |
| 2 | ‘ we are persuaded that , there being no authority to prevent us , it is preferable as a matter of justice to hold parties to their clearly expressed bargain rather than to introduce for the first time in 1971 an extension of a doctrine of land law so as to deny the efficacy of that bargain . |
| 3 | Details are not yet available , but one proposal is to establish regular deadlines for grant applications and to require for the first selection round a short summary of project proposals rather than the full 20-page application , as is now the case . |
| 4 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
| 5 | That will be the convenient and sensible course because what such a defendant is seeking is not so much to correct an error in the judge 's decision , for which appeals to this court are designed , but to have for the first time a hearing at which his evidence is considered . |