Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legends about the Babylonian and Persian period were revived — or perhaps invented for the first time — to encourage faithfulness to the Mosaic Law in the new conditions . |
| 2 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
| 3 | When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones . |
| 4 | Just picked for the first trial . |
| 5 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 6 | The guidance will be similar to that already produced for the first phase of general SVQs . |
| 7 | From the responses just deduced for the first three Chebyshev orders it may be appreciated that , for all orders , the transfer function ripples between unity and in the pass band . |
| 8 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 9 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 10 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |
| 11 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 12 | At the 1970 Annual General Meeting as said above , rumblings of discontent about the relative rights and status of bondholders were formally voiced for the first time . |
| 13 | These had been directly elected for the first time in 1986 [ see p. 34305 ] . |
| 14 | Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past . |
| 15 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |
| 16 | We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly . |
| 17 | Tailored awards , designed to meet the specific needs of particular organisations and employers , were also offered for the first time , attracting over 500 candidates . |
| 18 | Strangely , it was later used for the first city telegraph ! |
| 19 | It is simply due to the fact that the diffused , little defined , fitfully manifested and sometimes sub-personal presence of God as Spirit which we found in the Old Testament , becomes clearly focused for the first time in Jesus of Nazareth . |
| 20 | They were also allowed for the first time to subsidize denominational primary schools . |
| 21 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
| 22 | Erm , I think the next item that requires an update is redundancy in paragraph eleven , erm , Walters at Ludlow are updating their Bishop 's Castle factory , erm , in the last week in February , with a loss of seventy three jobs , arrangements have been er , now made for the first erm , redundancy counselling and job search support course , to start on the twenty fourth of January . |
| 23 | A stench , which Franca now noticed for the first time , arose from the bed . |
| 24 | Such data are not yet available for Europe , but will be imminently presented for the first time . |
| 25 | In a very real way , I have found , it is the only place where things have been really understood for the first time . |
| 26 | The project , now scheduled for the first two weekends of June , went into the May issue of Spokesworker and was given front page treatment in the main newsletter , which also came out in May . |
| 27 | It is necessary , therefore , to be well prepared for the first meeting , although unduly high start-up costs should be avoided at this stage . |
| 28 | The centre even paid for the first operation — they cost around Pounds 7,000 a time — because her teacher 's salary meant she could not afford it herself . |
| 29 | Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients . |
| 30 | Compiled annually , it is a voluminous source which can now be fully exploited for the first time using computer techniques . |