Example sentences of "[num] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheep entries set a new record , and topped 500 for the first time . |
| 2 | On visiting Hawes Water in 1801 for the first time , Wm . |
| 3 | Government troops had been landed on the north coast of Bougainville in April 1991 for the first time since being forced to withdrew from the territory in 1990 . |
| 4 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 5 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
| 6 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
| 7 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 8 | I vividly recall meeting the young man in 1979 for the first time . |
| 9 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 10 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 11 | This certainly stuck a chord with the pilot whom I had just photographed as he flew his newly-restored P-40 for the first time . |
| 12 | Dick has a generous amount of time and experience in taildraggers like Staggerwings and T-6s but he wanted Bill Dodds who had broad P-40 for the first time so that he could compare the aircraft with others that he 's flown . |
| 13 | Dick Hansen on a cold day in February 1992 , flying his P-40 for the first time . |
| 14 | The Collective State Presidency , excluding the Slovene representative Janez Drnovsek , met on July 4 for the first time with Mesic as President [ see p. 38275 ] . |
| 15 | The only other thing I would say is that you 've got domiciliary health there on the bottom of page forty-three for the first time , a thing that we certainly asked for on your behalf . |
| 16 | Oil exports were resumed on June 11 for the first time since the outbreak of the Gulf war [ see pp. 37934-43 ] . |
| 17 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 18 | The latest league table ( up to July 1992 ) of the value of the US installed computer base , compiled every six months by La Jolla , California-based Computer Intelligence Corp , includes a Unix machine in the top ten for the first time , among the IBM and Amdahl mainframes , AS/400s and Cray -YMPs . |
| 19 | Earlier , there had been fighting at Mannar on Aug. 1 as the LTTE attacked an advancing troop convoy ; naval artillery was used against rebel positions on Aug. 3 for the first time since the resumption of large-scale fighting on June 11 ; and a major clash took place on Aug. 4-5 , involving the repulsing of an unsuccessful rebel attack against the Jaffna fort . |
| 20 | Britain 's current-account deficit shrank to £192m ( $377m ) in February ; the 12-month visible-trade deficit fell below $30 billion for the first time since mid-1988 . |
| 21 | Overall turnover rose 8.3 per cent in the 53 weeks to 2 January to top £1 billion for the first time . |
| 22 | Pre-tax profits soared from £21.4 million to almost £32 million and the company joined Iceland Frozen Foods yesterday in announcing turnover that topped £1 billion for the first time , jumping from £920 million to £1.05 billion . |
| 23 | Group sales exceeded £10 billion for the first time as the Group served over ten million customers each week . |
| 24 | Gardens of England & Wales lists over 2,800 gardens that open in aid of the National Gardens Scheme , 574 for the first time . |
| 25 | Multiparty elections to a 23-member constituent commission were held on July 23-26 for the first time since the 1977 coup , when Sir James Mancham was overthrown by France-Albert René [ see pp. 28485-86 ] . |
| 26 | Tokyo touched 26000 for the first time since last August . |
| 27 | Membership would entail the release of detailed information on the Soviet economy , and observers saw the publication of Gosbank ( Soviet State Bank ) accounts on July 16 for the first time since 1936 as the beginnings of this . |
| 28 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 29 | Savimbi returned to Luanda on Sept. 27 for the first time since the start of the 16-year civil war . |
| 30 | Fifteen for the first time round . |