Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | Show how the " translate and test " instruction described on page 117 can be used to search for the first comma . |
2 | When I came back from Bletchley , I had agreed to tutor for the First Ordinary English class at Edinburgh University a Polish woman considerably older than myself . |
3 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
4 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
5 | Priests were allowed to vote for the first time since the 1920s , due to the repeal of anti-clerical legislation in January [ see p. 38758 ] . |
6 | Launching International Literacy Year 1990 , UNESCO Director General said that the absolute number of illiterates had begun to decline for the first time in history . |
7 | Joseph 's melancholy had begun to evaporate for the first time since leaving the hunting camp as the goateed mandarin , walking ponderously beside him in ceremonial boots , reeled off the mystical-sounding names of the shimmering buildings : the Can-Chanh , the Great Mansion the Palace of the Spirits of the Six Emperors … the Temple of Generations … the Halls of the Splendours and the Moon and the Glory of the Sun — and most mysterious of all to his young impressionable mind , the guarded heart of the citadel , the Tu Cam Thanh , the Purple Forbidden City named after the Purple or Pole Star , the symbolic ruler of the heavens . |
8 | In the autumn of 1870 " a Diamond Lamp with oil " was purchased and it was " to be kept burning for the first two nights after the receipt of papers and Mr John Slater was granted " the use of the Reading Room for one night in the week to have exercises in music . " |