Example sentences of "was the first time the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time the brewer had advertised on TV and the landmark was not lost on Guinness . |
| 2 | That was the first time the Hound appeared , my sons . |
| 3 | This year was the first time the competition had taken place in England . |
| 4 | It was the first time the church authorities had discussed the issue of the refugees , some 25,000 of whom have entered Hungary from the south over the past year . |
| 5 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 6 | It was the first time the FIS had claimed responsibility for a violent incident . |
| 7 | It was the first time the state 's highest court had debated the point and was widely welcomed by accountants . |
| 8 | It was the first time the company has been prosecuted for a hygiene offence . |
| 9 | Saturday 's 1–1 draw at Beacon Lough Baptists was the first time the Gateshead side has dropped points this season . |
| 10 | It was the first time the bishops had met following last November 's historic vote by the Church of England 's General Synod in favour of women 's ordination as priests . |
| 11 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 12 | It was the first time the cameras had been used since they were installed last year . |
| 13 | This was the first time the impunity of the police had been challenged in Guatemala . |
| 14 | This was the first time the meeting had been held in Asia , and representatives of the 25 American countries participating — including Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , who was of Japanese parentage — reportedly regarded the meeting as an important forum for encouraging Japanese trade and investment links with the region . |
| 15 | It was the first time the Communicator of the Year presentation had left London and the first time it had been staged as part of the annual convention . |
| 16 | This was the first time the phrase Scenic Land Cruise had been used by a train operator — but it certainly was not the last . |
| 17 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
| 18 | It was the first time the 25-year-old has been able to speak about her ordeal since she was found early on Friday morning after being abducted from near a disco in south Dublin . |
| 19 | It was the first time the Worthingtons had ever taken their baby on a train journey … and it broke down just 15 minutes out of Waterloo . |
| 20 | It was the first time the city had unseated an incumbent mayor since 1943 . |