Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applications or nominations for the first award should be sent to the international affairs officer , RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London , to arrive no later than Friday 29 May 1992 . |
| 2 | Small investors will pay less than institutions for the first instalment though how much less will not be known until June 29 after the international offer closes . |
| 3 | Small investors will pay less than institutions for the first instalment , although how much less will not be known until June 29 after the international offer closes . |
| 4 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Jan. 30 reported that figures for the first nine months of 1991 showed Japan to be Vietnam 's second most important trading partner , after Singapore . |
| 5 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 6 | In 1892 , the union 's expenditure exceeded its income and reserves for the first time . |
| 7 | A further promotion will be run on the Pedigree Chum and Whiskas calendars which will be sold through pet shops and supermarkets for the first time ever . |
| 8 | In Judaism the bereaved person must be surrounded with friends and relatives for the first week and cared for . |
| 9 | His new innovation won approval and orders for the first 10 tankers were placed with NE ship builders . |
| 10 | Statistics for 1990/91 include enrolments and results for the first batch of candidates undertaking ‘ live ’ courses , as well as for candidates continuing on pilot courses begun in 1988/89 and 1989/90 . |
| 11 | Monitoring of the service has already begun , and results for the first four months will be published in May . |
| 12 | Lawyers joined clergy and laymen for the first day of the hearing at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Great Rissington . |
| 13 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 14 | Members of the foreign press were allowed as observers for the first time and ‘ dialogue ’ was the stated aim of the congress and also of the CPPCC to follow . |