Example sentences of "[noun prp] zealand for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Of 35 teams in New Zealand for the first Raid , all but five were French .
2 The summer of 1984 was a glorious one , the West Indian team was one of their strongest and had just beaten Australia 3–0 ; the England team , with some of the top players banned after going to South Africa , was one of their most ordinary and had just lost series to Pakistan and New Zealand for the first time , and it was all rather one-sided .
3 In March 1992 I returned to New Zealand for the first time in over a dozen years , to sample again what light aviation there has to offer visitors .
4 Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final .
5 Two rare kakapo chicks have been hatched in captivity in New Zealand for the first time .
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