Example sentences of "opened for the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yesterday afternoon the New York markets opened for the first time since Friday night and saw that sterling had weakened about 9 pfennigs since then .
2 The only new Mission for the deaf that seems to have opened for the first time in the 1890s was that at Oxford , although the deaf people of Bradford almost lost their own when a fire was discovered in the coal cellar under the offices by one of the deaf members who ran to summon the fire brigade from its nearby station .
3 New workplaces opened for the first time on or after 1 January 1993 or those that are modified or extended or converted should comply with the Regulations immediately .
4 On Sept. 15 the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was opened for the first time since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 .
5 Queues began forming hours before doors opened for the first viewing of pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster .
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