Example sentences of "was [adj] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
2 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
3 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
4 | What was new in Althusser was that for the first time this epistemological tradition was developed for a Marxism . |
5 | The fourth key point was that for the first two years of the programme , between April 1989 and March 1991 , we committed a budget of £24 million to the programme . |
6 | Obviously the progress made in educational thinking just prior to 1973 , and in its interpretation , had been quite dramatic and the way was clear for the first time to develop long-term objectives for education . |
7 | The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction . |
8 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
9 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
10 | Blake was content for the first time in days . |
11 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
12 | My period was late for the first time ever . |
13 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
14 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
15 | Figure 1A represents phase I. This sequence shows no visible peristaltic activity , was present for the first 35 minutes of the study , and is typical of the pattern seen in conventional manometric recordings . |
16 | I thing recently the bus service has got dreadful since they brought in er private buses to their local areas , it was good for the first few months , but when they find out that its not paying at all , they take them off , they do n't tell you , the bus just disappears so your left with the usual one that used to be on . |
17 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
18 | Mia Bardolet , who was responsible for the first ever victory of Ford 's Escort Cosworth , found himself without a contract this year and Opel snapped him up . |
19 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
20 | In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery . |
21 | He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance . |
22 | This meant it was available for the first two years only in London and the South-East and to people who bothered to fit a new aerial . |
23 | Her mother had both children late in life , and was wonderful for the first six years of Jay 's life . |
24 | The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever . |
25 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
26 | A test position was certain for the First Test in Strasbourg until he suffered a knee injury and his goal was denied . |
27 | His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition . |
28 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |
29 | He was silent for the first half mile , then he beat the wheel suddenly with one hand . |
30 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |