Example sentences of "for the first time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our findings demonstrate for the first time increased expression of ET-1 in the lungs of patients with CFA compared with the lungs of subjects without CFA . |
| 2 | In the course of twenty-five years of persistent pioneering work , he was responsible for novel design features , such as the duplex condenser ( 1924 ) , objective changer ( 1926 ) , and cone condenser ( 1930 ) , the last allowing for the first time ultraviolet , dark-ground photographs of viruses . |
| 3 | In 1888 it was for the first time possible to go by train the whole way from Constantinople to Calais , and the Trans-Siberian railway was completed in 1904 . |
| 4 | The month began when the new lunar crescent was for the first time visible again after sunset . |
| 5 | The 1989 annual report of the WHO , published on Sept. 25 , 1989 , contained for the first time comprehensive estimates of the overall incidence of disease in the world . |
| 6 | For the first time agricultural spending , at ECU32,150 million ( compared with ECU35,350 million in 1992 ) , would account for less than half of expenditure . |
| 7 | The offence is for the first time triable either way , and is punishable on indictment with either three years ’ imprisonment or a fine and summarily with six months imprisonment and a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum . |
| 8 | This year for the first time oceanic and African tribal art will be exhibited by Elms Lesters Painting Rooms and Savannah Gallery . |
| 9 | For the first time existing established squadrons were aboard . |
| 10 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 11 | As the Vice-chairman , who was re-elected , was also deaf , the two elected leaders of the BDA were for the first time deaf . |
| 12 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 13 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 14 | What is interesting is that for the first time individual patrols would have radio communication via jeep-mounted No. 11 radio sets , but in the event of breakdowns they would also each take two pigeons . |
| 15 | For the first time Cambodian , Vietnamese and US officials met in Phnom Penh on March 6 to discuss co-operation in the search for the remains of US servicemen listed as missing in action ( MIA ) during the Vietnam war . |
| 16 | The 1985 General Household Survey ( GHS ) and the OPCS surveys of disabled people , also conducted in 1985 , provided for the first time national data on the numbers and characteristics of those involved in giving additional domestic or personal help to an infirm , sick or disabled person . |
| 17 | It is suggestive that during his reign military uniform became for the first time permissible dress at the Habsburg court . |
| 18 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |
| 19 | For the first time local Labour parties were given some sense of common identity , which had been lacking on the political wing since the disaffiliation of the ILP . |
| 20 | Will my hon. Friend commend as compulsory reading part of our proceedings in Committee when for the first time hon. Members listened for two or two and a half hours to — |
| 21 | An important aspect of the new Somali operation is that for the first time American soldiers have been prepared to serve under a non-American chief . |
| 22 | American troops made up over three quarters of the Allied forces : for the first time American soldiers were fighting their Axis enemies on the ground . |
| 23 | Then , sounding for the first time humorous , even whimsical , " But Comrade Alice , I have been getting daily , sometimes hourly , reports of your transformation of that pigsty there . " |
| 24 | allowing for the first time storage-type unvented hot water systems , which are common in North America and on the Continent ( see Chapter 4 ) ; unvented sealed-type central heating systems are already allowed |
| 25 | The England manager chose the final moment in a long line of defeats — the eight wicket one-day hammering by Sri Lanka on Saturday — to admit for the first time fundamental policy errors . |
| 26 | From 1771 onwards a series of codes for different provinces , beginning with Silesia , had set for the first time clear official limits to what the lords could demand of their peasants , especially in terms of labour-services . |