Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for the first " in BNC.

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1 The fact that the army and guerrillas had agreed to meet directly for the first time was seen as a breakthrough and a indication that " professional " elements in the army leadership wished for a political solution .
2 An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life .
3 By opening the way for military forces to serve overseas for the first time since 1945 , the Peace Keeping Operations ( PKO ) bill marked a significant shift in Japanese foreign policy .
4 The move came four months after the Diet had approved a law permitting Japanese forces to serve overseas for the first time since the end of the Pacific War [ see pp. 38962-63 ] , and followed a request from UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali .
5 It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God .
6 THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium .
7 This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully .
8 Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time .
9 While we remember those involved in medical missionary work overseas , let us also remember those who are currently in training to go overseas for the first time .
10 Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 .
11 Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 .
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