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The phrase "affairs for the first" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to matters or events related to a specific first instance or person, but without additional context, it is ambiguous.
Example: "The committee will discuss the affairs for the first meeting of the year."
Alternatives: "matters for the first" or "issues for the first".
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Legislation was rushed through parliament paving the way for a 12-member inclusive executive to assume command of Northern Ireland affairs for the first time in 25 years.
Both sides agreed that Hong Kong would continue to manage its own affairs for the first 50 years, keeping its autonomy, laws, and currency.
Their negotiations led to the British-Irish agreement of 1985, which gave officials from the Irish Republic a formal say in Northern Ireland's affairs for the first time since the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.
When he promises to "bring to public affairs for the first time the full rigour of a coherent philosophy", he could be a young Enoch Powell, or Keith Joseph, or Norman Tebbit, or even Tony Benn – or none of them.
As the Mets took batting practice, Minaya, by design, stayed in his fourth-floor office as his boss, Jeff Wilpon, stepped forward and publicly addressed the team's chaotic state of affairs for the first time this season.
His résumé is ideal: He directed legislative affairs for the first President Bush, served in Congress for more than a decade and managed the Office of Management and Budget under Bush the younger.
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Matt Brittin Now described as president of Google's European operations, Brittin is appearing to answer questions about the group's tax affairs for the third time.
"Our efforts to reach to people through religious means has been effective in some parts," said Lt. Col. Hazratullah Azghari, the head of cultural and religious affairs for the Second Brigade of the 209th Corps, which operates in Badakhshan.
I even more fondly remember your agent asking me where your "fucking commencement check" was after I had referred his assistant to business affairs for the third time.
Speaking to the TaylorMade website, García has expanded on the Sawgrass affair for the first time.
Elaborating on his extramarital affair for the first time and taking responsibility for what happened, Mr. Necas said he had known that being romantically involved with his chief of staff while he was prime minister was ill advised.
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