Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 2 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 3 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 4 | Guerrillas in Kashmir used rockets for the first time on June 19 , in an attack on two waterfront hotels in Srinagar which were being used as barracks by Indian security forces . |
| 5 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 6 | Shooting raises fear of sectarian bloodbath Cardinals on either side of the Irish Sea yesterday joined forces for the first time to condemn the IRA , reports Gary Duncan . |
| 7 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |
| 8 | The allegations , which coincided with the opening in October of a fatal accident inquiry into the Lockerbie air disaster [ see p. 37732 ] , raised questions for the first time about the widely held view that the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell of the PFLP-GC [ see pp. 37897-98 ] . |
| 9 | This issue figured strongly in the election campaign , and appeared to benefit the Centre Party , which won seats for the first time . |
| 10 | By mid-1966 unemployment in Germany exceeded vacancies for the first time since 1959 . |