Example sentences of "an [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took well over an hour for the first 48 delegates — who included no Soviet bloc nation , nor India , nor Burma , nor either of the Chinas , nor a scattering of other countries who could not bring themselves to accept Japan 's word — to file up to the podium to sign . |
| 2 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
| 3 | It is one thing to win the support of electors by defeating an enemy for the first time ; it is quite another to expect admiration for slaying the same dragon twice . |
| 4 | If an agent decides to invest in an act for the first year of its career , this band may not sign a record deal . |
| 5 | Module 4 demands more specialised or focused activities and the learner is called upon to act as an intermediary for the first time . |
| 6 | To train an infant for the first year is comparatively easy , but after that the child begins to resent authority , and the conscientious mother has to be prepared to fight and win all along the line , in matters small and great . |
| 7 | You say that Hatchetfish are not suitable for a beginner , nor should they be sold to someone who is setting up an aquarium for the first time . |
| 8 | A POLICEMAN whose hand was sewn back on after a sword attack yesterday picked up an object for the first time . |
| 9 | Added to these is the popular success of the City of Birmingham Touring Opera , which recently staged a production of The Magic Flute in Longbridge in which 48% of the audience was attending an opera for the first time . |
| 10 | Seeing him lying in an incubator for the first time was a uniquely distressing experience . |
| 11 | After months of restoration the two hundred seat auditorium will have an audience for the first time in thirty years . |
| 12 | This has to be anticipated although Socata have obviously learnt a lesson from their earlier ranges — now there is an indent for the first stage and second stage is full flap . |
| 13 | An indent for the first line of the paragraph , the position of the paragraph in relation to the page and the space above and below can be set . |
| 14 | The upshot was that Phaeon Yachts would incorporate Kevin Seymour 's proposed detail changes in a new yacht , provided that he placed an order for the first one ! |
| 15 | In some versions of this type of forecasting , the buyer is obliged to purchase the requirements detailed in the first three months of the rolling forecast , so that , in effect , as he rolls his forecast on , he places an order for the first three months ' requirements and forecasts those of the next nine months . |
| 16 | It 's very daunting to have to go to an audition for the first time in your life . |
| 17 | With funds to invest worth $1 billion and a reputation for picking winners , he can move markets : the gold price has since climbed rapidly by almost $15 , passing $150 an ounce for the first time since October . |
| 18 | When you 're 15 and working in an office for the first time it is a new world and a big challenge — especially when all your colleagues are speaking a foreign language . |