Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest change has come within the ranks of the SDLP where Martin Bradley , Mark Durkan , Kathleen McCloskey , Margaret McCartney and Wilfred White have all been elected for the first time and Pat Ramsey makes a return to the Council chamber having reclaimed the seat he lost in 1989 . |
| 2 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 3 | Léonie had just been kissed for the first time by a boy . |
| 4 | The allowance can not normally be paid for the first time after pension age because it is regarded as overlapping with the retirement pension . |
| 5 | ( " Integration money " of DM1,200 monthly would still be paid for the first year to immigrants unable to find work . |
| 6 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 7 | The high level of technical ability of Roman engineers , together with the well-developed commercial economy , meant that major civil engineering schemes could also be undertaken for the first time in the landscape . |
| 8 | Either of these subjects must also be passed for the First Level Group Certificate in Shorthand and Typewriting award . |
| 9 | Now , after living in the house for nine years , some rooms need redecorating before the others have even been revamped for the first time . |
| 10 | THE covert world of the SAS can today be revealed for the first time . |
| 11 | In 1968 , President Kaunda addressed the International press Institute 's annual assembly , then being held for the first time in an independent , black-ruled African nation : African countries , he said , had ‘ gone out of their way ’ to encourage the foreign press to report African affairs . |