Example sentences of "so [conj] for the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Concerned at the rapid expansion of the hunt , and the declining stocks of small cetaceans around the coastline , the Iwate Prefecture in January 1989 instituted a licensing system , so that for the first time ever , the hunt could be regulated .
2 At the Food Research Institute Dr David Southgate , who has made a special study of dietary fibre and whose research is the source of the scientific textbook fibre figures , has provided analytical values for the dietary fibre in a range of usefully fibre-rich canned and packaged foods , so that for the first time these products , which form such a major part of modern eating , can be realistically assessed and used for health value .
3 Five years into his term , in 1972 , the BDDA at long last established headquarters at 38 Victoria Place , Carlisle , so that for the first time in its history the Association was run from its own national office by full-time paid officers .
4 The motorbike slowed so that for the first time they could see the outlines of the rider , a derelict farmhouse appeared in its headlight beam and the car behind them started flashing its lights .
5 The woodland shimmered , was still — a moment 's stifling summer silence , then the howl of the new season , a freezing wind bringing death and shedding so that for the second time in two minutes the land was drenched with fallen leaves and snow .
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