Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century . |
| 2 | In the event of trouble , many of the non-union operators now would have easier access — in some cases for the first time — to the political system and its protective police arm . |
| 3 | Along with the island 's hydro-electric scheme — bringing power to some houses for the first time — and the harbour improvements , the incident will probably go down in Shetland annals as another stage in Foula 's modernisation . |
| 4 | A few suggestions for the first line : |
| 5 | The thrill of crossing the Knucklas viaduct with its castellated ends , some members for the first time . |
| 6 | She talked with him for nearly ten minutes , and as the officers drew her away , Walford snatched her hand and kissed it , ‘ some tears for the first time rolling down his cheeks ’ . |
| 7 | The recruitment of colonial troops , mainly by the French who hoped by this means to offset the demographic superiority of the Germans ( a subject anxiously discussed in the 1860s ) , brought some others for the first time into a European environment . |
| 8 | Many people seemed to become aware of such things for the first time in their lives . |
| 9 | Shire Counties fared just as strangely , with both Cumbria and Northumberland being at the extreme low end of the ranking in change among these authorities for the first two years and yet requiring one of the largest increases in the third . |
| 10 | The micro , which is itself able to display rich patterns of behaviour , perhaps presents us with these opportunities for the first time . |
| 11 | In these texts for the first time we find ‘ precatory ’ being used to describe the essential nature of trusts , and as the key to discovering what legal institution is involved . |
| 12 | I intend to keep the fry in a number of these nets for the first few weeks of their lives and feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp . |
| 13 | What a pleasure it is to hear some of these pieces for the first time in clear digital sound ! |
| 14 | We hope this will be of value to both feminists and philosophers approaching these questions for the first time . |
| 15 | Anyone using the double-paddle of these canoes for the first time finds his ( or her ) chest expanded in a strain on shoulder muscles he never knew were there until he started canoeing . |
| 16 | It codified these standards for the first time , the technical details of which were the main subject of the Oct. 24 compromise . |
| 17 | No doubt human settlers , moving into these forests for the first time , were delighted and surprised to find such fertile meadows in the heart of the dense forest and built their homes beside them . |
| 18 | An Irish audience saw the All Blacks for the first time when they trained at Donnybrook on Monday , and the first impression of Mick Quinn , the former international fly-half , was : ‘ The omens are not good . |
| 19 | You mentioned the accounts of the Maxwell Charitable Trust as having five hundred thousand of assets , I saw those accounts for the first time the other day and I found that they had five hundred and one thousand of assets of which er five hundred thousand consisted of a a purely hypothetical transfer of an asset from a Liechtenstein trust to the U K trust and that asset had no valuation done on it as far as I can make out a and no reference to any valuation appeared in the accounts , so we actually had B I M apparently owned by a charitable trust on the face of it with figures of five hundred and one thousand of assets , but in practical accounting terms and valuation terms , no evidence that those five hundred and one thousand pounds er of assets had any valuation approaching that figure . |
| 20 | It 's about those flats for the first act . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember seeing some of those photos for the first time , I mean the ones with women with chicken heads laying eggs . |
| 22 | And he must have gone to those churches for the first time . |
| 23 | The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has been sufficiently impressed with the results so far to finance the printing of enough copies for the first year pupils of three comprehensive schools beginning in September 1985 . |
| 24 | ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’ |
| 25 | GLENYS Kinnock is to take a big step towards achieving her political goal of becoming a Euro MP when on December 18 she will appear on Radio 4 's Any Questions for the first time . |
| 26 | Another important feature of the election was the relatively weak showing of the extreme right-wing Republicans ( Republikaner ) , who gained seats in several councils for the first time but whose votes lagged far behind those obtained in the European elections in June 1989 and forecast in recent opinion-poll findings . |
| 27 | Having read both books for the first time , I really enjoyed them , but once I read them for the second time , I saw how little there really was to them . |
| 28 | The US-Soviet strategic arms reduction talks ( START — see p. 37223 ) resumed in Geneva on Jan. 22 with the signing of a new agreement allowing both sides for the first time to inspect each other 's nuclear warheads . |