Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 2 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 3 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
| 4 | Though the Lions ' backs have the credentials and Winterbottom and Dean Richards have been in the heat of a Lions Test scrum , there are six forwards who will be experiencing a Lions Test for the first time . |
| 5 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 6 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 7 | Here is the chance to see the direction alternating for the first time . |
| 8 | While in Cartagena , Colombia , on Dec. 2-3 for the " Group of Rio " summit [ see p. 38675 ] , President Fujimori of Peru and President Borja of Ecuador met for the first time to discuss their longstanding border dispute [ see p. 38526 ] . |
| 9 | In most cat books , the figure given for the first domestication of the cat is between 3,500 and 4,500 years ago . |
| 10 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 11 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He will now begin the physically and mentally painful process of taking male hormones to establish for the first time his masculinity . |
| 14 | Our study describes for the first time the secretory and circulatory changes occurring with the progression of pancreatitis induced by caerulein infusion . |
| 15 | Using the 100-inch telescope on Mount Wilson , in 1923 Hubble identified for the first time a cepheid variable star in a spiral ‘ nebula ’ ( M 31 in Andromeda ) , and proceeded in the next few years to make similar discoveries in several other such ‘ nebulae ’ . |
| 16 | The availability of sequence data from two mosaic genes of P.wickerhamii mitochondria allows for the first time a comparison of algal intron positions with those from fungi and liverwort . |
| 17 | Those schools selected for the first quality audit in mathematics or science have recently been asked to supply 12 pieces of work from across the entire year group reflecting the spread of the ability range . |
| 18 | This result allows for the first time , sequence analysis of EF1β and δ proteins , both present in the same complex . |
| 19 | Although the same group of physicists has found good evidence for the production of B mesons at CESR before , this latest result shows for the first time the explicit decay of B mesons into less-rare , longer-lived particles ( Physical Review Letters , vol 50 , p 881 ) . |
| 20 | If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less . |
| 21 | In conclusion , this study shows for the first time that reduced fetal growth is followed by higher death rates from cardiovascular disease in adult life . |
| 22 | ANC president Nelson Mandela indicated for the first time on Dec. 29 that the ANC would consider the possibility of guaranteeing white seats in a future parliament along the lines agreed under the 1979 Lancaster House settlement on Zimbabwean independence [ see pp. 30165-75 ] . |
| 23 | Catholicism is presented as a potential remedy , but the philosophy of indeterminacy appears for the first time in this novel as a rival discourse . |
| 24 | LaBudde documented for the first time , on video and in his diaries , the suffering and death of thousands of dolphins in a tuna fishing practice known as ‘ fishing on porpoise' ’ , which has over the last 30 years killed between 6 and 12 million dolphins in the eastern Pacific . |
| 25 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 26 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 27 | More recently , it was impossible to forget how he personally had been let down over the reserves pledged for the first phase at Verdun . |
| 28 | Mauritania , still in dispute with Senegal , was not represented by its head of state , and there was no delegation from Nigeria , which had been represented in Casablanca in December 1988 [ p. 36717 ] ; however , President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda attended for the first time . |
| 29 | No trace of the plage de l'Arsenal , where Camus glimpsed for the first time the beauty of the Mediterranean . |
| 30 | ‘ Nine players in that side appeared for the first team later . |