Example sentences of "for [pos pn] first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 32 | Albion have sold almost 41,000 tickets for their first trip to Wembley in 23 years . |
| 33 | During his Easter break , Jim took both teams for their first trip to Belgium . |
| 34 | The Boulting obsession with the silver screen began on a wet day in 1921 when the eight year old twins went with nanny for their first trip to the cinema |
| 35 | The first sign was slogans daubed on the wall of a kuttub , a religious school where small children went for their first instruction in the Koran . |
| 36 | monitor current prescriptions to make sure that children are not using them for their first experiments with drugs . |
| 37 | As part of the 401st Bomb Group , based at Deenethorpe , Northants , Dan and his crew took Mary Alice to bomb the aircraft factories at Oschersleben for their first mission of the war , on February 22 , 1944. finding the target obscured by overcast , the low box of the 401st bombed the secondary target of Magdeburg . |
| 38 | Thanks to Graham Waters of St. Just and Frank Butler ( Cornwall YDO ) the ‘ Mini All Blacks ’ took to the road on 1st December 1991 for their first game against Redruth . |
| 39 | Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) assembled in Geneva on March 11-12 for their first meeting since the ceasefire in the Gulf war . |
| 40 | The US Secretary of State , James Baker , and the Russian Foreign Minister , Andrei Kozyrev , held a meeting in Brussels on March 11 to discuss nuclear disarmament issues [ for their first meeting in February see pp. 38792-93 ] . |
| 41 | IT WAS through a mist of mixed emotions that I watched the South African team take the field at the Sydney Cricket Ground for their first match in the 1992 World Cup , against the Australians . |
| 42 | United go to Southampton tonight still desperate for their first victory in the new Premier League with Wark forecasting : ‘ I still fancy them to finish in the top three — even win it . |
| 43 | On 9 August , for their first visit to Leek Westwood Golf Club , members will contest the Johnson Brothers Club and Precision Studios Trophy . |
| 44 | The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road . |
| 45 | The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road . |
| 46 | QUEEN 'S are going on the offensive as they prepare for their first season of All Ireland league rugby . |
| 47 | Chelsea , still looking for their first win of the season , are without the suspended Dennis Wise . |
| 48 | Unchanged Chelsea , still looking for their first win of the season , will keep Gareth Hall at left-back after refusing to meet West Ham 's £2.2million demand for Julian Dicks . |
| 49 | Gloucester rugby club could do with some better aerodynamics at the moment … the cherry and whites are still searching for their first win of the season … they 've a club game tomorrow against Cardiff at Kingsholm … |
| 50 | Bottom of the table Wrexham travel to Buckley with both teams looking for their first win of the season . |
| 51 | Mosley , who are still looking for their first win of the season were dismissed for 93 , Wilmslow reaching 95 for the loss of 4 wickets . |
| 52 | A narrow defeat by Hampshire in the final at Lord 's , however , leaves the county still looking for their first trophy since 1982 . |
| 53 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 54 | FELA KUTI , Nigeria 's political pop superstar , promotes his new album , ‘ Underground System ’ on Stern Records , when he arrives in Britain with a 45-piece band for his first shows since 1989 at |
| 55 | Well we understand that they 're going to Paul up the front and of course is still looking for his first goal of the season . |
| 56 | Hamilton was lax with a goal kick , Ferguson whipped the ball across the box and Johnson back-heeled the ball into the path of Bowman , who calmly swept home the ball for his first goal since November . |
| 57 | There was little debate about the penalty , which Saunders converted comfortably for his first goal in nine matches . |
| 58 | The first woman to train the winner of the race , Mrs Ramsden was bringing High Premium back for his first race since June . |
| 59 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 60 | I hoped that Archie would recover in time for his first night on duty . |