Example sentences of "[to-vb] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 2 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 3 | Microscopy has come a long way since the 1670s when Antonie van Leewenhoek used his relatively crude instruments to see for the first time the bacteria that inhabit worlds normally hidden from the naked eye . |
| 4 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 5 | To see for the first time and together that incomparable view of San Marco from the western end of the Piazza . |
| 6 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 7 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 8 | THE ISRAELI cabinet is being called this week to debate for the first time proposals made by Egypt for advancing the search for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . |
| 9 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 10 | It was n't only the bride , but the bride 's family she was to meet for the first time . |
| 11 | He will now begin the physically and mentally painful process of taking male hormones to establish for the first time his masculinity . |
| 12 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 13 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 14 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 15 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 16 | Sonia Delaunay later expressed this theory in its simplest form : ‘ Pure colours used as planes are juxtaposed in simultaneous contrasts to create for the first time a sense of form , achieved not by clair-obscur , but through the relationship in depth of the colours themselves . ’ |
| 17 | Often parents bring their children with them when they come to visit for the first time . |
| 18 | But the report says : ‘ The museum must be attractive enough to persuade customers to make the effort to visit for the first time . |
| 19 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 20 | During that sequence Vic made full appearances throughout our promotion season of 1960–61 , thus helping us to progress for the first time in forty years , while a feature of his game in that successful season was the accurate and powerful throw he developed , by which he frequently set up a fast Palace counter-attack . |
| 21 | Not only did many teachers in many schools meet in library committees to discuss for the first time their common interests and sometimes contrasting perspectives with other members of subject departments across the school ; they also , for the first time , were forced to consider seriously the pedagogy implied by their present use or misuse of the resources already on offer or their failure to use them . |
| 22 | It was possible to pay the skischool extra so that after school in the morning she would be taken to lunch in a local restaurant under supervision , then brought back to skischool in the afternoon , but for a 4-year old learning to ski for the first time to stay in skiboots all day is really very tiring . |
| 23 | ELDERLY council tenants living in easily-accessible housing will gain the right to buy for the first time , under a government amendment to be tabled in the House of Lords on Monday . |
| 24 | In this study we aimed to record for the first time patterns of UOS motility associated with occurrence of GOR in children referred for evaluation of suspected disorders of oesophageal motility including pathological gastro-oesophageal reflux . |
| 25 | Among the ‘ do n't knows ’ were Mr Paul Dean and Mr Andrew Bingham , who will be eligible to vote for the first time . |
| 26 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 27 | Priests were allowed to vote for the first time since the 1920s , due to the repeal of anti-clerical legislation in January [ see p. 38758 ] . |
| 28 | If you have a weekend free , you can do what many west Berliners are now able to do for the first time since 1952 — simple drive into the country and enjoy the landscape of Brandenburg . |
| 29 | [ he ] … began to understand for the first time just how much there was in this business of being a ship 's officer . |
| 30 | EVERY YEAR the British Film Institute issues a package of British short films by up-and-coming movie-makers , giving you a chance to read for the first time the credits you 'll be seeing on Channel 4 in the next couple of years . |