Example sentences of "for the first time last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London , who retain the side that defeated the Midlands last weekend , are favourites to clinch the title they won for the first time last year . |
| 2 | CHINA : Amnesty International was publicly recognised by a senior government official in the People 's Republic of China for the first time last year , in connection with the commutation of the death sentence of Lobsang Tenzin , a Tibetan student accused of the murder of a Chinese policeman . |
| 3 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
| 4 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
| 5 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 6 | For the first time last night , the official ADN news agency published a statement by the group , and a regional newspaper printed a ‘ catalogue ’ of New Forum demands yesterday . |
| 7 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 8 | THE most powerful man in world cricket admitted for the first time last night that he is frightened of being sued over the Lambgate Scandal . |
| 9 | ‘ Contact made for the first time last night . |
| 10 | At least 645 different designs were published — the number in Mr Hooker 's collection , shown for the first time last weekend at the British Matchbox Label and Booklet Society 's annual exhibition in London . |
| 11 | A late developer on the world championship trail , Cardus made his debut in 1983 , won his first GP in 1989 and led a world championship for the first time last season . |
| 12 | THE new Sussex Downs Conservation Board , which will have responsibilities for 600 square miles of countryside in West and East Sussex , met for the first time last week and elected Baroness Cumberlege as chairman . |
| 13 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 14 | Goal machine Martin McGaughey , even deadlier than Cowan at his Linfield peak , had a chance to decide for himself when he faced Smith for the first time last week . |
| 15 | Bangor , beaten for the first time last week , will be keen to bounce back to winning ways by seeing off Ruthin , who welcome back bowler Owen Hughes following a finger injury . |