Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the first [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
| 2 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
| 3 | Filled for the first time in twenty years , Lake Eyre became a rich source of food , attracting tens of thousands of birds whose closest usual breeding area is five hundred miles to the south . |
| 4 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 5 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 6 | The plates were developed for the first migration in a solvent saturated chamber consisting of chloroform/methanol/ammonium hydrate/water 184:105:7.5:7.5 vol and then dried in cold air . |
| 7 | It can link HLCA payments ( including for the first time in the UK , for dairy cows ) to agreed stocking levels on a hectarage ( not headage ) basis . |
| 8 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 9 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 10 | Strikes were legalized for the first time in Bulgaria 's history when on March 6 the National Assembly passed a bill on settling collective industrial disputes . |
| 11 | Flown for the first time in 1958 , the DHC-4 Caribou has seen extensive military service . |
| 12 | The first PC-5A assembled in India was flown for the first time in August 1941 and one report suggests that fifty were delivered to the Indian Air Force from 1942 , but this has not been confirmed . |
| 13 | The high level of technical ability of Roman engineers , together with the well-developed commercial economy , meant that major civil engineering schemes could also be undertaken for the first time in the landscape . |
| 14 | UNEMPLOYMENT in Britain has fallen for the first time in almost three years . |
| 15 | indeed , Mo Johnston , recalled for the first time in two months , was the only Everton player in the starting line-up who had managed a goal in front of the Goodison public . |
| 16 | Make a list of what essential food you will need for the first day in your new home and go shopping the day before you move . |
| 17 | The net costs of Eagle Lodges appear for the first time in the income and expenditure account and are largely attributable to setting up costs as there was little income from occupancy during 1990 . |
| 18 | Foreign Offices of a modern kind , specialized in their functions , subdivided ( usually on a largely geographical basis ) into departments with still more specialized duties and employing considerable numbers of experts of all kinds , now appear for the first time in the major European capitals . |
| 19 | The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months . |
| 20 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 21 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 22 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
| 23 | Some low-paid groups , such as agricultural workers , succeeded for the first time in establishing permanent unions although they remained relatively low-paid up to and beyond 1914 . |
| 24 | Had they succeeded for the first time in outstripping the rumours of their coming ? |
| 25 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 26 | He raised the mug to his lips and sipped the hot sugary tea , remembering the day when he had sat for the first time in Mr Corcoran 's office . |
| 27 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 28 | It is not that the question of the ordination of women is being considered for the first time in our day ! |
| 29 | But child benefit is to be frozen for the first time in two years . |
| 30 | Fighting was reported for the first time in the east Bosnian towns of Visegrad and Foca , near the Serbian border . |