Example sentences of "[coord] [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 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 ) .
3 In 1892 , the union 's expenditure exceeded its income and reserves for the first time .
4 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 .
5 In Judaism the bereaved person must be surrounded with friends and relatives for the first week and cared for .
6 His new innovation won approval and orders for the first 10 tankers were placed with NE ship builders .
7 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 .
8 Monitoring of the service has already begun , and results for the first four months will be published in May .
9 Lawyers joined clergy and laymen for the first day of the hearing at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Great Rissington .
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