Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | One national newspaper is offering a bottle of champagne for the first reader who can give more information about Norma 's former boyfriend . |
| 2 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 3 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 4 | Whether jury after retirement should be allowed to hear tape recording of interview for the first time — practice |
| 5 | Diana Lanchester did n't catch up with Artemis and her stepmother until Lord Deverill and his huntsmen cast their hounds into a field of kale for the first draw . |
| 6 | One of the most controversial proposals was the abolition of benefit for the first two days of sickness . |
| 7 | It was not until 1966 that the transcontinental standard-gauge line was completed , thereby connecting Sydney to Perth without break of gauge for the first time . |
| 8 | It was during this period that the boroughs of Bethnal Green , Stepney , Mile End and Poplar witnessed a net loss of population for the first time . |
| 9 | He had quite enjoyed that kind of jealousy for the first few months of their marriage . |
| 10 | COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open . |
| 11 | After weeks of private anguish followed by questionable closed-door lobbying of the leading minds of the Royal College of Science , Darwin found himself forced to go public on the issue of evolution for the first time , when both their papers were read at the Linnean Society of London on that momentous July evening of 1858 . |
| 12 | If an overweight man in his fifties who is a heavy smoker , has a family history of heart disease and is working in a stressful job were to decide to ‘ get fit ’ and invite a colleague for a game of squash for the first time in twenty years , he would be doing just about the best he could to give himself a heart attack . |
| 13 | Anyone seeing such works of sculpture for the first time can not fail to note the harmonious line described through the perfectly proportioned bodies of the men and women portrayed . |
| 14 | I made a lot of friends and was introduced to the wonders of television for the first time . |
| 15 | For , when one experiences a piece of furniture for the first time , it is usually through those top two or three microns of surface coating . |
| 16 | ‘ She is now out of plaster for the first time in ten years and can get into a bath , ’ she said . |
| 17 | But as the Labour parliamentary front bench scents the thaw , and surveys the possibility of government for the first time in a decade , the party pressures running in favour of detente are increasing . |
| 18 | Conservative commentators are urging Republicans to stage an all-out attack on Mr Clinton as an old-fashioned ‘ tax-and-spend ’ liberal , locked out of government for the first time since 1981 , |
| 19 | A man like Mr Silvester Horne is regarded by his congregation with feelings of almost unmeasured adoration , due to the fact that he and they are really opening the book of life for the first time together and comparing impressions . |
| 20 | Mucky hands and a fat bank balance would be a way of life for the first generation of nouveaux-riches manufacturers ; but with a bit of care the brass itself could be used to buy their children out of the world of muck altogether . |
| 21 | There was some laughter at a dinner party when one of the guests admitted she had eaten and enjoyed a plate of spinach for the first time in twenty-five years . |
| 22 | To this end , it is calling a World Summit for Children to be held at the UN in New York next September , bringing together heads of state for the first time to discuss an important social issue . |
| 23 | So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives . |
| 24 | The cost of care for the first ten years from now on was taken by Mr on his calculations to amount to two hundred and thirteen thousand eight hundred and forty three pounds and ninety two pence , using a multiplier of four and a multiplicand of fifty three thousand four hundred and sixty pounds and ninety eight pence . |
| 25 | As they squabble , the estimated time of arrival for the first train has shifted from next summer to the autumn , just in time to miss the holiday rush and about £200m revenue . |
| 26 | But the building no longer belonged to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party , and the apparatchiks , once the backbone of the party state , were contemplating the possibility of unemployment for the first time in their lives . |
| 27 | This lack of continuity — and the failure of the club 's famous youth scheme to produce players of acceptable quality — has left Athletic in danger of relegation for the first time in 64 years of Spanish league history . |
| 28 | League performances slumped disastrously , and there was even talk of relegation for the first time since Chapman took over . |
| 29 | THIS is the time of year for the first phase of Wisteria pruning . |
| 30 | Having an attack of Cystitis for the first time can seem rather frightening , but do remember that it is not usually a serious threat to health . |