Example sentences of "[adv] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 2 | Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration . |
| 3 | The Green Party won representation locally for the first time with 14 seats ; and Sinn Féin won seven seats ( 10 in 1985 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
| 5 | Summerchild and Serafin had met , presumably for the first time , on March 7th . |
| 6 | Not only did they bring stretches of water into country often lacking in them , as in many parts of the Midlands , with consequent changes in bird and plant life , but they also brought — mostly for the first time — aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , tunnels , locks , lifts and inclined planes , and many attractive bridges , and they greatly influenced the growth and appearance of many towns . |
| 7 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |
| 8 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 9 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 10 | You gaze at each other properly for the first time . |
| 11 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 12 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 13 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
| 14 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 15 | Morse looked at her now — perhaps properly for the first time . |
| 16 | And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years . |
| 17 | A REVOLUTIONARY new Siberian surgery technique could help people in Teesside suffering from bone problems walk properly for the first time . |
| 18 | A new theory linking familiarity , complexity , and liking for two special classes of objects will be tested rigorously for the first time . |
| 19 | It 's all right for the first years now cos they 're never even gon na know about it . |
| 20 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 21 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 22 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 23 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 24 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 25 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 26 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 27 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 28 | on for the first time yesterday |
| 29 | ‘ That 's enough for the first time . ’ |
| 30 | Long Valley Lad ( 9.15 ) looks good enough for the first and Kick The Ball ( 9.45 ) has a perfect Trap 6 draw . |