Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] for [art] first " in BNC.

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1 The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer .
2 While in Cartagena , Colombia , on Dec. 2-3 for the " Group of Rio " summit [ see p. 38675 ] , President Fujimori of Peru and President Borja of Ecuador met for the first time to discuss their longstanding border dispute [ see p. 38526 ] .
3 Mauritania , still in dispute with Senegal , was not represented by its head of state , and there was no delegation from Nigeria , which had been represented in Casablanca in December 1988 [ p. 36717 ] ; however , President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda attended for the first time .
4 The Yugoslavian authorities announced on Feb. 20 that Army units stationed in the province of Kosovo had for the first time been given specific orders to quell a renewed wave of unrest among ethnic Albanians in the province .
5 The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months .
6 This year sees a strong European attendance , with André Candillier from Paris showing for the first time while in the field of Old Masters .
7 On Jan. 26 Saudi Arabia announced that it would commit $13,500 million to US costs for the first three months of the war .
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