Example sentences of "be [verb] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 32 | To help fund the increases in social spending , representing 38.2 per cent of the total budget , value added tax would be raised and would be introduced for the first time on all foodstuffs . |
| 33 | EXCLUSIVE A HUMAN egg donor programme , which offers new hope to hundreds of childless couples , will be provided for the first time by a Merseyside hospital . |
| 34 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 35 | Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time . |
| 36 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 37 | A specially commissioned painting by railway artist Simon Bowditch will be unveiled for the first time during the day , and limited edition copies given to local dignitaries . |
| 38 | The immediate post-war period again provided the optimism that had existed in 1920 , and the farm worker appeared to be poised for the first time to achieve equality of pay and status with workers in other industries . |
| 39 | The allowance can not normally be paid for the first time after pension age because it is regarded as overlapping with the retirement pension . |
| 40 | In 1911 the Parliament Act was passed permitting members of the British parliament to be paid for the first time . |
| 41 | THE ORGANISERS of the World Student Games to be held in Sheffield in 1991 intend to foot the bill for the Games , which will have to be staged for the first time without direct financial help from the host government , by raising £18m through sponsorship . |
| 42 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of competition in a new music competition to be held for the first time this year . |
| 43 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of music in a competition to be held for the first time . |
| 44 | THE Grampian Piers Race , for dinghies , multi-hulls , windsurfers and water-skiers , will be held for the first time on Saturday , 7 August . |