Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 2 | and Q acted upon by unc and unc are essentially the same , we are meeting for the first time a concept of prime importance in algebra , namely that of isomorphism . |
| 3 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 4 | they 're advertising for the first time or the last ad |
| 5 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 6 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 7 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 8 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 9 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 10 | Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time . |
| 11 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 12 | Government officials are admitting for the first time families in mid-value houses of £66,000 — £88,000 are likely to face bills of £600 not £400 as hoped . |
| 13 | The parachutist who crash-landed on a group of schoolchildren has been talking for the first time about what happened . |
| 14 | A man who suffered severe brain damage during an operation twenty six years ago has been talking for the first time about losing his fight for compensation . |
| 15 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 16 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 17 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
| 18 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 19 | The wisdom of the Northern Ireland Branch of introducing a Grade 4B a few years ago , is paying off now , when this grade attracted an entry of 21 bands , some of which were playing for the first time . |
| 20 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 21 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 22 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 23 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 24 | Er Er this motion is not an attempt to preempt applications Mr Chairman come before us that 's Mr said time is indicating for the first time that er September might possibly be months . |
| 25 | THE number of marriages between a divorcee and someone who is marrying for the first time is on the slide . |
| 26 | ( Short , happy , slightly humorous speech when the groom is marrying for the first time to a divorced woman . ) |
| 27 | Home ownership in America is falling for the first time since the Depression , just as the savings-and-loan collapse has made the government the largest single owner of property after foreclosing on bankrupt thrifts . |
| 28 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 29 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 30 | Moreover it was becoming for the first time , as a result of Peter 's administrative reforms , an institution concerned solely with diplomacy . |