Example sentences of "is the first time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the first time that Prince Charles has given direct financial help to a run-down urban area , and the Duchy has been granted a 125-year lease on the 0.6 acre site . |
| 2 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
| 3 | This is the first time that the award has gone to somebody from the hotel and catering industry , or indeed from the service sector as a whole . |
| 4 | It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 . |
| 5 | But this is the first time that the official Russian Orthodx Church , freed from the restraints of communism , will have canonised a member of the Imperial family . |
| 6 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
| 7 | This is the first time that she has met with something . |
| 8 | The Tour has rested at Bordeaux many times , but this is the first time that the caravan has used Nogent-sur-Oise for the beginning of a day 's racing . |
| 9 | This is the first time that a Japanese firm has entrusted the manufacture of high technology consumer electronics equipment to a British firm . |
| 10 | This is the first time that the UITF has made such a recommendation to the ASB , which accepted it , and on 9 November issued FRED 2 , Amendment to SSAP 15 ( see p 96 ) . |
| 11 | This is the first time that the NRM has loaned a locomotive to a non-railway organisation ( Truro Chamber of Commerce ) for a town centre display . |
| 12 | This is the first time that such a service has been available at a tennis event . |
| 13 | This is the first time that such a show has been organised in Bavaria and reflects the interest of its creator , Prinz Georg von Hohenzollern , who is Generaldirektor of the Bavarian Staatliche Gemäldesammlungen and of the same family as Frederick the Great . |
| 14 | Mr Philip Wilson , chairman of Zwemmer , commented , ‘ this is the first time that Zwemmer 's have had a location that is suitable and indeed at the centre of the art trade . |
| 15 | This is the first time that the paintings will be shown as a group outside the Hermitage . |
| 16 | This is the first time that Compaq has bought its Triflex Architecture ( launched last October in the SystemPro/XL server ) onto the desktop . |
| 17 | This , said one of the Americans involved , is the first time that any European government has recognised gypsies as a ‘ transnational non-territorial minority ’ . |
| 18 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
| 19 | However , it is the first time that ICL has split off part of its business to the extent of actually forming a new subsidiary . |
| 20 | It is the first time that a country has ever won three successive Test matches , each against a different country ( in this case West Indies , Sri Lanka and New Zealand ) . |
| 21 | Dr William Fore , former WACC President and now Visiting Lecturer in Communication at the School , said in a recent letter to delegates : ‘ The meeting promises to be a landmark , since it is the first time that teachers of communication in seminaries and schools of theology will have come together to consider their distinctive task in theological education . ’ |
| 22 | In 30 years of visiting the city this is the first time that I have experienced this state of affairs . |
| 23 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
| 24 | This is the first time that this development has been made manifest . |
| 25 | Zwemmer chairman Philip Wilson said : ‘ Our six shops already have the largest stock of art books in the country , but this is the first time that Zwemmer has had a location that is suitable and at the centre of the art trade . ’ |
| 26 | As Robert points out this is the first time that this function has been run as a single corporate entity . |
| 27 | This is the first time that the two companies will provide a total supply and maintenance contract for ARAMCO , ESP/ACC will install all the pump related equipment and perform routine monthly maintenance of the downhole and surface units for a five-year period . |
| 28 | ‘ This is the first time that discounts have been extended to include householders on short term lets and others , ’ explained Harwell estate manager . |
| 29 | This is the first time that books have been disposed of in this way . |
| 30 | This in fact is the first time that the G M B has held its conference in Portsmouth . |