Example sentences of "for the first time the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time the hunting of lions was treated as picturesque . |
| 2 | Particularly satisfying has been the successful assault on the German market where for the first time the company has secured orders for filament-wound rollers . |
| 3 | For the first time the budget would not finance an LCY congress . |
| 4 | It was in that terrible moment of loss that he noticed for the first time the eagle in the cage on the other side of his from where Minch 's cage was . |
| 5 | The Special Discount is being continued on the same basis ( see page 2 ) and for those policies which qualify for the first time the increase is offset by approximately 6% . |
| 6 | For the first time the public have been allowed in to watch the floodlit night feeding of thousands of birds at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust . |
| 7 | Far more significant and revelatory was the arrival of the wireless , in the sense that it meant for the first time the voice of the outside world and all that it encompassed — good and bad — was heard throughout this enclosed community . |
| 8 | She smiled warmly , and not for the first time the girl thought how incredibly lovely her mistress was . |
| 9 | For the first time the girl seemed to lose her self-possession . |
| 10 | Through it , government addressed for the first time the issue of the long-stay population in all the institutions for elderly , mentally handicapped and mentally ill people . |
| 11 | no , no , my Lord I have raised for the first time the board minute |
| 12 | Hardly aware of the chill she paced restlessly along the bank , seeing for the first time the way the dew crisped to frost along each blade of grass until the parkland veered from dark to grey to an ephemeral diamond enchantment . |
| 13 | for the first time the government is encouraging communities to take part in a groundwater scheme . |
| 14 | For the first time the government had also formulated a 10-year economic programme , covering the period 1991-2000 [ see p. 38145 ] . |
| 15 | In conclusion , this book has brought together for the first time the work of all the main researchers and provides a motivating set of reviews for any interested scientist . |
| 16 | At a press conference held on April 30 Lee acknowledged officially for the first time the existence of a CCP-led government in Beijing . |
| 17 | To the north the broken arches and stumps of the ruined Benedictine abbey gleamed golden in the afternoon sun against the crinkled blue of the sea and , breasting a small ridge , he glimpsed for the first time the topsail of Larksoken Mill and beyond it , against the skyline , the great grey bulk of Larksoken Nuclear power Station . |
| 18 | For the first time the Bill gives galleries powers of disposal , subject to certain conditions — or rather it gives such powers to the Tate and the national portrait gallery , but not to the Wallace collection or the national gallery . |
| 19 | Importantly , we report for the first time the ability to directly and effectively transfect cells in a growth arrested state . |
| 20 | For the first time the exercise will involve the whole of higher education — some 150 universities , polytechnics and colleges of further education which will come under the new Higher Education Funding Councils . |
| 21 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 22 | This was the initial running of the world 's oldest Classic under commercial sponsorship , and for the first time the winner 's prize money topped £100,000 . |
| 23 | For the first time the man on Gerrard 's other side spoke , and his voice was smooth and the accent very carefully cultured . |
| 24 | For the first time the man looked sceptical . |
| 25 | For the first time the race sees a husband and wife pairing in Yvonne and Barry Holloway from Lymington in Hampshire . |
| 26 | But now for the first time the diocese was being consulted — informally , quietly , but systematically . |
| 27 | ( China , while not using its veto , nevertheless abstained , thus breaching for the first time the unanimity of the five permanent members of the Security Council in supporting resolutions on the Gulf crisis . |
| 28 | FOR the first time the Duke of Westminster is broke — on paper . |
| 29 | For the first time the treaty formally recognized the rights of the 500,000-strong German minority in Poland to their own language , culture , family names and religion . |
| 30 | For the first time the possibility of a serious non-white challenge to the nations of Europe or the United States was raised . |