Example sentences of "[noun] met for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes .
2 The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg .
3 Early in 1914 , the Board felt it advisable to appoint a House Committee to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the Institution , and the committee met for the first time on 28th April with Mr. W. T. Lansberry in the chair .
4 The Committee met for the first time in Edinburgh in October 1979 .
5 The committee met for the first time on August 12 , to define its aims and draw up a policy programme for the future .
6 The Group met for the first time in March 1974 with several proposals already before it .
7 This body met for the first time in May 1989 and elected from its members the bicameral 542-member Supreme Soviet — the working constitutional body responsible for all legislative and administrative matters — consisting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities .
8 The new body met for the first time , in the building of the suspended National Assembly , on April 25 .
9 When the new Assembly met for the first time on Sept. 24 , seven opposition members refused to take their seats , claiming that the election had been rigged .
10 The High Authority met for the first time in the autumn of 1952 , and immediately set about trying to turn the principles of the Treaty of Paris into practical results .
11 The new Cabinet met for the first time on June 12 and Shamir attempted to head off Arab-led calls for a special UN Security Council team to visit the West Bank and Gaza [ see p. 37443 ] by proposing that a UN envoy , Jean-Claude Aimé , should visit the area in their place .
12 On the twenty fourth July nineteen ninety one the new resources and policy grant sub-committee met for the first time and considered a number of applications including one from your organisation .
13 The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 .
14 On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) .
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