The phrase "accepts for the first" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks context to determine its intended use.
Example: "The committee accepts for the first time the proposal for funding."
Alternatives: "accepts for the initial" or "accepts for the first instance".
In this agreement, the EU formally accepts for the first time the authority of Israeli ministers over goods produced in West Bank settlements.
The new plan accepts for the first time that there should be cuts in the ten civilian ministries (dealing with disasters, construction, railways, home affairs and so on) that have their own military wings.
The consultation document, launched by the environment secretary, Elizabeth Truss, at the same time as the announcement of the new Labour party leader on Saturday, accepts for the first time that more than 50,000 people a year die prematurely as a result of air pollution in the UK.
Significantly, it publicly accepts for the first time that some members of its executive committee regularly sold their votes and that South Africa's $10m payment to Warner and Blazer was indeed a bribe for the 2010 World Cup.
NOTE: On April 19 , 2009 we mailed out accepts for the first two workshops and let people who had applied by April 1 know if they were accepted or on the wait list.
"We accept for the first time a two-stage solution.
Applications will be accepted for the first cohort of Fall 2020 beginning September 2019.
To become a model was to feel physically accepted for the first time in my life.
There, at an all-male rehabilitation facility, Cassie accepted for the first time that she was transgender.
On the day his original trial was due to start in May, he produced a radically different account, accepting for the first time that he caused the injuries.
Rank-and-file police officers called for a rethink on drug enforcement after they accepted for the first time yesterday that the present laws were not working.
