Example sentences of "for the first time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 30 he called for the first time for dialogue to reach an equitable global settlement , addressing himself particularly to France which he had identified as more flexible [ see below for Mitterrand 's UN speech ] , although once again stressing that there would be no compromise over Kuwait belonging to Iraq . |
| 2 | The absence of training posed a serious threat to the self-esteem of secondees who , for the first time for example , found themselves teaching adults ( students in colleges or experienced teachers in workshops ) . |
| 3 | Approval from America 's Environmental Protection Agency means that Portersept , made by Courtaulds Coatings in Louisville , Kentucky , can be applied for the first time to heating , ventilation and air conditioning ( HVAC ) systems . |
| 4 | There are so many towns to be seen , and each must be — or ought to be — approached for the first time on foot : certainly all the smaller towns . |
| 5 | Available for the first time on CD are Tell The Truth , Live In Person At The Whisky A Go-Go and Love Man . |
| 6 | Captain Naas Botha said ‘ We want a repeat of our match against the Midlands in midweek when we played effective rugby for the full 80 minutes for the first time on tour . |
| 7 | His pedigree may be long , but nevertheless here he is on piano and electronic keyboards leading his own band for the first time on disc with the driving drums of Jeff ‘ Tain ’ Watts ( also of Branford Marsalis group fame ) , Branford himself on tenor sax , Roderick Ward ( alto sax ) , Charnett Moffett , Chris McBridge , Robert Hurst or Andy Gonzales ( all alternating on bass ) , Jerry Gonzales ( percussion ) and on one track Steve Berrios and on two Don Alias ( both on drums , percussion ) . |
| 8 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 9 | ‘ As the Sun now recognises , the publication did cause personal offence to the Queen but it also caused offence amongst those who prefer to hear or see Her Majesty 's Christmas Message for the first time on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 10 | Treasury officials will also be looking at slapping Vat for the first time on bus fares , water , domestic fuel , books and newspapers . |
| 11 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 12 | He saw with pleasure that she looked cold but not frightened ; she was beginning to swim more slowly and for the first time with trust , as if the water were a friendly and not an alien element . |
| 13 | For instance , in the Villa Alta dialect of Zapotec ( Mexico ) , it is necessary to distinguish between events which take place for the first time with respect to particular participants and those which are repetitions . |
| 14 | Berry dismisses criticism of climbs of this kind , made recently by Reinhiold Messner among others : ‘ It 's all very well for him to say this kind of thing , but when he climbed Everest for the first time without oxygen and on other occasions , he was quite happy to make use of heavyweight-style expeditions . |
| 15 | The uniform was worn for the first time at Easter . |
| 16 | Any attempt to produce the letter for the first time at completion should be resisted and completion delayed until the purchaser has had adequate time to consider the disclosures . |
| 17 | Nissan sponsored the championships for the first time as part of its community relations work . |
| 18 | We talked for the first time about poetry , poets and our own poems : |
| 19 | For the first time since independence the opposition alliance included Malays , whose dominance was enshrined in the constitution , rather than being restricted to the Chinese and Indian communities . |
| 20 | For the first time since independence in 1966 , criticism of the government of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda , previously only expressed by groups in exile , was voiced inside the country . |
| 21 | A separation appeared for the first time between design and production . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Prix de l'Avenir — Marne la Vallée , worth F30,000 was won for the first time by kayak paddler Bernard Bregeon . |
| 24 | Such a requirement for express agreement of admissions policy is difficult to reconcile with the more limited requirement that governors should simply ‘ consult ’ the local education authority which was introduced for the first time by section 33 of the Act of 1986 . |
| 25 | The extensive studies on removal and transplantation of the ovaries by Knauer in Vienna ( see Chapter 5 ) appeared in 1900 and the more general concept of hormones or blood-borne chemical messengers was elaborated for the first time by Starling in his Croonian lectures a decade after Beatson 's observations ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 26 | For the first time in peace , the US government had committed itself to a firm military alliance . |
| 27 | These pilot events have been developed , in conjunction with the Department of Industrial and Social Studies , to form the core of a new elective module ‘ Team Development in Practice ’ being offered for the first time in semester one 1993/94 . |
| 28 | If the answer turns out to be by a ‘ dock identification ’ ( i.e. the witness is identified for the first time in court ) then it must be remembered that this procedure is potentially so unfair to the accused that the court of trial retains a discretion to prevent it ( Horsham JJ. , ex p . |
| 29 | Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history . |
| 30 | For the first time in history , later life has become a normal human expectation . |