Sentence examples for held for the first from inspiring English sources

National elections held for the first time in fiveyears.

Palestinian municipal elections are held for the first time since 1976; Hamas candidates do well.

Held for the first time last year in France, it has expanded to New York.

On October 9 presidential elections were held for the first time in Afghanistan.

**In 1972 a separate world championship was held for the first time.

And in Washington, the Capital Fringe Festival is being held for the first time.

At the end of 1955, the Evening Standard drama awards were held for the first time.

Then Clijsters held for the first time in four games to level the set at 3-3.

After several false starts, unrealistic and increasingly desperate hopes were held for the first ISF to come on-stream.

Non-state-controlled media outlets were established and elections were held for the first time in decades.

Sonya Thomas, eating 40 hot dogs, won in a separate contest for women held for the first time.