Example sentences of "[noun sg] have for the first " in BNC.

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1 For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations .
2 For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations .
3 ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ .
4 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
5 But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence .
6 The UK government has for the first time ruled out the award of oil and gas exploration licences in certain areas on environmental grounds .
7 The new hang has for the first time brought together the figures de fantaisie by Fragonard , the Louvre 's ninety-three Corots , thirty paintings by Chardin and thirteen by Watteau , as well as a rotating selection of the preparatory drawings by Le Brun for his decorative scheme for the Louvre .
8 From 1865 , however , the foreign office had for the first time a department concerned entirely with commercial affairs .
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