Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun] for the first " in BNC.

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1 The Far Eastern Economic Review of Jan. 30 reported that figures for the first nine months of 1991 showed Japan to be Vietnam 's second most important trading partner , after Singapore .
2 The plan should not be formulated and then forgotten after grant for the first year has been obtained .
3 Cadence Design Systems Inc warns that turnover for the first quarter will be down substantially from the same period last year and it will likely see a loss for the quarter .
4 This legislation requires that people for the first thirteen weeks that they are unemployed have the right to look for a job which they have experience in and enjoy doing , but after 13 weeks they are required to take any job that comes along .
5 Members of the foreign press were allowed as observers for the first time and ‘ dialogue ’ was the stated aim of the congress and also of the CPPCC to follow .
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