Example sentences of "for [art] first [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 2 | Mozaic is scheduled for the first quarter 1993 for manufacturing companies in the US and Canada and will be released to third-party systems integrators in Europe in the second quarter . |
| 3 | I released the crew that had had no food or rest all day and we were ready for the first watch next day . ’ |
| 4 | For the first fortnight three weeks |
| 5 | For the first ballot each voter will indicate one choice from the candidates listed . |
| 6 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 7 | Had they died for the first crime those thirty- ? ? ? ? people would still be alive today . |
| 8 | Had they died for the first crime those thirty- ? ? ? ? people would still be alive today . |
| 9 | Gorman is based in Letterkenny and played 20 times for the first team last season scoring three goals . |
| 10 | On the basis of these and other clinical results , MicroGeneSys gp160 was chosen by scientists at the Karolinska Institute , the National Bacteriological Laboratory and South Hospital in Sweden for the first phase III vaccine therapy studies . |
| 11 | According to Lloyds Bank 's chief economic adviser , Patrick Foley , the industrial and commercial company sector will this year revert to financial balance for the first time 1987 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 14 | for the first time five years of ed |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When they entered the house one of the brothers reached for the bottle of whiskey and poured four large glasses for the first time that day . |
| 20 | Not for the first time that morning Erika felt slightly uncomfortable . |
| 21 | For the first time that night , he felt lucky . |
| 22 | For the first time that morning , he looked interested . |
| 23 | On 22 July , the Water Authority had admitted for the first time that aluminium had been involved by placing a small advertisement in the local press saying ‘ that the water was no more acidic than lemon juice ’ . |
| 24 | For the first time that weekend the rain had stopped , and although it was still overcast we could make out something of the beauties of the landscape . |
| 25 | There were still tears in her eyes , but for the first time that weekend there was colour in her cheeks as well . |
| 26 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 27 | Go and get a good night 's sleep , love , ’ ‘ Patricia ’ urged , sounding honest for the first time that evening . |
| 28 | Palace striker Chris Armstrong has confessed for the first time that manager Steve Coppell took a huge gamble signing him . |
| 29 | Joan sounded perplexed — not for the first time that evening . |
| 30 | The excitement of delving into the unknown was mine for the first time that day . |