Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [art] first time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | It 's the first time that protection against meningitis has been offered as a routine childhood immunisation , as Jessica Fowle reports |
| 4 | Admittedly in one or two cases the inference is fairly marginal but nevertheless it 's the first time all the numbers have been positive . |
| 5 | Yeah , it 's the first time these actually keep a lot better than the towelling ones . |
| 6 | It 's the first time any Oxford college has felt the need to take such measures . |
| 7 | It 's the first time most of the jugglers have performed in a theatre : adapting their skills to the show had n't been easy . |
| 8 | It is the first time such a move has been made by Middlesbrough council . |
| 9 | It is the first time that Pizza Hut has opened an Express slice operation in a leisure attraction of Thorpe Park 's size . |
| 10 | It is the first time all 22 Premier League chairmen have come face to face since the Noades-inspired walk-out last September when the so-called ‘ Platinum Eight ’ clubs blocked a £10million Bass sponsorship deal . |
| 11 | It is the first time British soldiers have killed gunmen in the conflict . |
| 12 | ‘ It is the first time this sort of thing has happened at our Omagh garage but unfortunately people in the motor trade are all too familiar with this kind of theft , ’ said Mr Sloan . |
| 13 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
| 14 | It is the first time High Elves have entered Naggarond and returned alive . |