Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 2 | ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’ |
| 3 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 4 | Together this mixture of lumpen proletarian resentment and art-school manipulation lit the fuse for the first major explosion in pop music — and pop culture — for ten years . |
| 5 | instead the Church preferred to use the Annunciation for the first day of the year , and this led to the adoption of 25 March , nine months before Christmas , although this choice was by no means universal . |
| 6 | In 1906 an adverse report by the Board of Education 's inspectors on infant education led to the Board for the first time limiting school provision for children under five — hitherto the normal age for the entry of working-class children to full-time education had been three . |
| 7 | The right-wing Popular Party ( PP ) improved its position and the Alava Union ( UA ) , a new provincial splinter group of PP , entered the parliament for the first time . |
| 8 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 9 | This , however , is not the case for the first and third examples using the same adjective . |
| 10 | The text for the first term 's production will usually be selected for the purpose of getting a new group to work together rather than trying to go for detailed individual performances . |
| 11 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 12 | Eric Alston 's sprinter led the field for the first Sunday race at Doncaster a merry dance under Lester Piggott for just over five furlongs before fading behind Savoyard . |
| 13 | Simon Cruise returned the opening kick the entire length of the field for the first Touchdown . |
| 14 | We rode in the field for the first two weeks , and then I had to face the roads and the tractors . |
| 15 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 16 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 17 | Having assured himself that he was all alone , he climbed from his bed , entered his dressing-gown and took himself down to the kitchen for the first breakfast of the day . |
| 18 | Writing the cheque for the first term 's fees was wonderful therapy . |
| 19 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 20 | It was marked by the presence for the first time at the UN of Russian President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 21 | In 1980 , a group of young musicians met in the University for the first rehearsal of what has since become one of the country 's leading brass ensembles . |
| 22 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 23 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 24 | The field-work for the first was conducted in 1964 as part of the research for the Committee on the Management of Local Government . |
| 25 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 26 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 27 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 28 | The budget for the first half of 1918 had been estimated at 17.6 milliard roubles expenditure , but revenue at only 2.8 milliard . |
| 29 | On Jan. 24 , the budget for the first quarter of 1992 , amounting to 420,500 million roubles , was adopted by the Supreme Soviet . |
| 30 | Little dabs of left brake counteracted the crosswind for the first couple of hundred yards , but above sixty knots the rudders became effective and she was easy to align just beside the centreline lights to spare us their jolting . |