Example sentences of "[art] first time [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male .
2 As the Vice-chairman , who was re-elected , was also deaf , the two elected leaders of the BDA were for the first time deaf .
3 In the course of twenty-five years of persistent pioneering work , he was responsible for novel design features , such as the duplex condenser ( 1924 ) , objective changer ( 1926 ) , and cone condenser ( 1930 ) , the last allowing for the first time ultraviolet , dark-ground photographs of viruses .
4 In 1888 it was for the first time possible to go by train the whole way from Constantinople to Calais , and the Trans-Siberian railway was completed in 1904 .
5 The offence is for the first time triable either way , and is punishable on indictment with either three years ’ imprisonment or a fine and summarily with six months imprisonment and a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum .
6 What is interesting is that for the first time individual patrols would have radio communication via jeep-mounted No. 11 radio sets , but in the event of breakdowns they would also each take two pigeons .
7 For the first time agricultural spending , at ECU32,150 million ( compared with ECU35,350 million in 1992 ) , would account for less than half of expenditure .
8 As far as anyone knows this is the first time legal eagles have taken on a businessman as boss .
9 For the first time existing established squadrons were aboard .
10 The month began when the new lunar crescent was for the first time visible again after sunset .
11 The air battle was the first time Allied planes have been forced to respond to a breach .
12 It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment .
13 Our findings demonstrate for the first time increased expression of ET-1 in the lungs of patients with CFA compared with the lungs of subjects without CFA .
14 But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this .
15 But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this .
16 A few seasons back she had a small show at the now defunct 49th Parallel gallery but this is the first time New Yorkers will get to see works by this figurative painter in any profusion .
17 Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way .
18 The 1989 annual report of the WHO , published on Sept. 25 , 1989 , contained for the first time comprehensive estimates of the overall incidence of disease in the world .
19 It was the first time professional ballet was seen in South Africa , and the performances caused much excitement .
20 This year for the first time oceanic and African tribal art will be exhibited by Elms Lesters Painting Rooms and Savannah Gallery .
21 It is the first time High Elves have entered Naggarond and returned alive .
22 As reported on June 22 , the government announced that 20-year contracts would be offered to several companies to explore and develop marginal oil fields , the first time commercial companies had been allowed to do so since the nationalization of the oil industry in 1976 .
23 It is suggestive that during his reign military uniform became for the first time permissible dress at the Habsburg court .
24 The 1985 General Household Survey ( GHS ) and the OPCS surveys of disabled people , also conducted in 1985 , provided for the first time national data on the numbers and characteristics of those involved in giving additional domestic or personal help to an infirm , sick or disabled person .
25 It is the first time British soldiers have killed gunmen in the conflict .
26 As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises .
27 Then , sounding for the first time humorous , even whimsical , " But Comrade Alice , I have been getting daily , sometimes hourly , reports of your transformation of that pigsty there . "
28 For the first time local Labour parties were given some sense of common identity , which had been lacking on the political wing since the disaffiliation of the ILP .
29 If these fears prove justified , it wo n't be the first time Asian families would be forced through deliberate government policies to live in terrifying isolation .
30 allowing for the first time storage-type unvented hot water systems , which are common in North America and on the Continent ( see Chapter 4 ) ; unvented sealed-type central heating systems are already allowed
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