Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In discussing the interactions of mental illnesses and brain failure Gray and Isaacs ( 1979 ) showed that illnesses such as depression , psychosis and neurosis do continue to occur in old age but are more likely to recur than appear for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ we are persuaded that , there being no authority to prevent us , it is preferable as a matter of justice to hold parties to their clearly expressed bargain rather than to introduce for the first time in 1971 an extension of a doctrine of land law so as to deny the efficacy of that bargain . |
| 3 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 4 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
| 5 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 6 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
| 7 | When introduced for the first time , technical terms can be helpfully identified by having inverted commas round them . |
| 8 | They are not illustrated here , because the nature and extent of digestion are the same as illustrated for the first category . |
| 9 | The Italian government approved on April 27 the lifting from May 14 of all remaining controls on capital movements , several weeks before the deadline of July 1 as required for the first stage of EMU to be implemented [ see also pp. 37132 ; 36598 ] . |
| 10 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |