Example sentences of "for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Statistics on the death penalty in the USSR have been made public for the first time since 1934 . |
| 2 | In these 239 murals , covering a surface of 1,585 square metres , there are traces of many influences making up a popular and forceful imagery : ‘ The codices , pre-conquest sculpture , popular art , the study of living people , the colour of nature as well as the paintings of the misnamed Italian Primitives , together with the modern artistic tendencies to which Rivera himself had contributed during his stay in France , all went to form his own peculiar style , which is apparent for the first time in these frescoes . ’ |
| 3 | A critic walking for the first time into a gallery may describe a colour in a picture as blue ; it will have been the scrupulous task of a conservator to have established that the particular colour in question was Prussian blue , and thus can not date before the eighteenth century . |
| 4 | This enabled some major figures to show work for the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ One ’ was a word of the Chelsea set for the first person singular , and one might perhaps venture the thought of a pun in the words of the inscription . |
| 6 | The text for the first term 's production will usually be selected for the purpose of getting a new group to work together rather than trying to go for detailed individual performances . |
| 7 | But it 's possible to go way beyond these limited , obvious exercises , and impro can be immensely exciting for young actors , allowing them to grasp situations and emotions imaginatively , perhaps for the first time . |
| 8 | The whole thorny question of Equity membership is linked with the step from drama school to agent 's office — and indeed applies equally at the audition for the first job . |
| 9 | You are entering the market for the first time when you write a letter about yourself to either agent , casting director , producer or director . |
| 10 | It 's very daunting to have to go to an audition for the first time in your life . |
| 11 | On the sons and daughters of the farming family was imposed the strict necessity of abstaining from sexual activity other than for the first born , so as not to impair the integrity of land succession . |
| 12 | All problems resolved in one go because now for the first time question of optimum distance becomes an issue for the viewer . |
| 13 | After that , strangely , for the first time began to feel the glow of achievement . |
| 14 | Having Goldberg in the room with it , as he has been in my life since that first day at college , made me grasp clearly , for the first time , just what it is I have been after , he wrote . |
| 15 | This established licensing hours for the first time , and put brewers on the defensive . |
| 16 | DTS will show the Harris 20–20 Accommodator hotel communication system for the first time at the show . |
| 17 | One of these , PC-Hornet , which has been developed over the past 10 years , will be shown for the first time by McDonnell Douglas . |
| 18 | Her patience in equally short supply , she found herself exasperated , not for the first time , by Peony 's snide tongue . |
| 19 | These efforts have proved — regrettably — to be unsuccessful , and the essay is therefore printed here for the first time without its owner 's permission . |
| 20 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 21 | For the first week the FILMS FROM THE URBAN JUNGLE series echoes the city themes of the festival , from the Cities and Media conference to the presentation of Tavernier films which celebrate the city of Lyon , Tavernier 's birthplace , and Birmingham 's twin town . |
| 22 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
| 23 | It took six weeks for the first amount of money to arrive . |
| 24 | What would everyone back at the cafe have thought when , for the first time in eight months , I had n't shown up for work ? |
| 25 | Trees grown on MM111 rootstock will reach a robust 18–20ft in height , but wo n't crop for the first six years . |
| 26 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 27 | As the speed is increased , the damping becomes less and you will be able to decide on a reasonable limit to keep to for the first half hour . |
| 28 | The ideal is to leave the ground balanced on the main wheel , and to hold a constant attitude for the first few feet of the launch while the aircraft gains height and speed . |
| 29 | It may be some months or even years later when , for the first time they over-correct from a practice stall , they experience a substantial reduction in ‘ g ’ loading . |
| 30 | If you are in current practice with aerotowing , a high launch is worthwhile for the first flight . |