Example sentences of "[art] first time in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time in Japan , Suri Giken Co displayed the Streams products from Mentat Inc , Los Angeles , with which Suri has just concluded a licensing agreement . |
| 2 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
| 3 | This body met for the first time in May 1989 and elected from its members the bicameral 542-member Supreme Soviet — the working constitutional body responsible for all legislative and administrative matters — consisting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities . |
| 4 | At the beginning of the new school year , in February 1968 , ANDES held a two-month general strike and occupied the buildings of the ministry — the first time in El Salvador 's history that public buildings had been occupied , although this was to become a frequent practice in subsequent years . |
| 5 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 6 | THE recently expanded sales force met each other for the first time in September at their autumn sales meeting . |
| 7 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 8 | But apart from his rugby chores , McBride will be stretching his maternal instincts to the limit — He 's gearing himself to be a father for the first time in October . |
| 9 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 10 | Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history . |
| 11 | For the first time in history , later life has become a normal human expectation . |
| 12 | But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence . |
| 13 | For the first time in history , people are beginning to adopt the religion of other cultures or are finding inspiration in more than one faith . |
| 14 | Moreover , hitherto unexploited elements of warfare — defensive barbed wire and massed machine-guns — were being deployed along the whole front of some 563km/350mls , manned for the first time in history by millions of men . |
| 15 | But families do not just decide , for the first time in history , to adopt contraception out of the blue . |
| 16 | For the first time in history the Japanese people were enjoying real freedom rather than the autocracy and totalitarianism which they had suffered prior to August 1945 . |
| 17 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 18 | Nutmeg , cloves , cinnamon , and curry-powders enabled us , for the first time in history , to preserve and stockpile food across the seasons . |
| 19 | This was the first time in history that a trade union banner had been borne aloft in a great military and naval display . |
| 20 | Esher ( 1981 ) has suggested that Britain has experienced three ‘ Rebuilds ’ : the Enlightenment , the Industrial Revolution and the Welfare State : ‘ fashioned by wartime social democrats in England , which would for the first time in history build cities that were not dramatizations of privilege and poverty ’ ( p. 278 ) . |
| 21 | With the elements as slaves , then for the first time in history slavery will be abolished . |
| 22 | Launching International Literacy Year 1990 , UNESCO Director General said that the absolute number of illiterates had begun to decline for the first time in history . |
| 23 | In his opening address welcoming delegates to the summit on Nov. 19 , President François Mitterrand of France said that " it is the first time in history that we witness a change in the depth of the European landscape that is not the outcome of a war or bloody revolution " . |
| 24 | This was to be the first time in history that aircraft were used for ground attack , as an integral part of an operation carried out by ground and air forces . |
| 25 | Labour had gained over 130 seats , and for the first time in history it was the strongest party in the state . |
| 26 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 27 | Both were the direct results of the application of steam to transport , since for the first time in history this made possible regular and safe journeys for large numbers of people and luggage over any kind of terrain and water . |
| 28 | She smiled for the first time in hours . |
| 29 | Finch got up , for the first time in company for many moons , and went to the piano in his drawing room next door , shouting ‘ I ca n't do it properly . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ When he came to see them , Anna and my mother , the first time in London , 1914 , the war had just begun , Anna had some rather good Sauternes on the table . |