Example sentences of "the first time [prep] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 31 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 32 | It had been feared it would break through the three million barrier for the first time in six years . |
| 33 | Dedicated Wyn has now astounded doctors by bringing Norman to live back at home for the first time in three-and-a-half years . |
| 34 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 35 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 36 | ROCK star Cher came face to face with ex-husband Sonny for the first time in five years … and loathed it . |
| 37 | And for the first time in five years , the average cost of building a house dropped from the year before — from £25,338 in 1991/92 , to £24,537 in 1992/ 93 . |
| 38 | THE number of people who have been out of work for more than a year broke through the one million barrier today for the first time in five years . |
| 39 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 40 | From Oct. 28 , for the first time in 45 years , Lufthansa began operating a regular service out of ( West Berlin 's ) Tegel airport with nearly 400 flights a week . |
| 41 | Horse and Jockey AC match secretary Mick Dryers had an unusual Sunday morning — he spent it at home for the first time in two years . |
| 42 | Steve Young threw three touchdown passes , including two to Jerry Rice , while Joe Montana , back in uniform for the first time in two years , stayed on the sidelines after being listed as the 49ers ' third-choice quarterback . |
| 43 | But child benefit is to be frozen for the first time in two years . |
| 44 | Frank 's departure was a relief in many ways : for the first time in two years someone from our group had gone home ; Frank would now be free from fear while Brian and I could carry on together . |
| 45 | She was looking for something memorable , probably for the first time in two years , and he did n't want to deny her that . |
| 46 | ‘ UV Ski 's support will mean we can send a coach on tour with the team for the first time in two years , which will boost team morale . |
| 47 | For the first time in two years , Maggie simply wanted to run . |
| 48 | UN officials announced on March 22 that fighting between Khmer Rouge and government forces had , for the first time in two years , reached the outskirts of Kompong Thom . |
| 49 | It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court . |
| 50 | CELTIC aim to rewind the tape and produce an action replay at Parkhead tonight when they bid for a place in the third round of a European competition for the first time in nine years . |
| 51 | Former President Goukouni Oueddei returned to Chad for the first time in nine years on May 18-19 , meeting with President Idriss Déby and reportedly discussing the proposals for a multiparty system due to be introduced in January 1992 . |
| 52 | FOR THE first time in nine years , CCG 's Souther Division won their annual match against David Randall 's Citibank eleven . |
| 53 | A FRENCH prisoner in Nazi Germany who stayed behind the Iron Curtain after the Second World War for the love of a Ukrainian woman returned home yesterday for the first time in 52 years . |
| 54 | Mr Alfred Nzo , general secretary of the ANC , said yesterday that he spoke to Mr Mandela for the first time in 26 years . |
| 55 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 56 | And last Monday Dr Harold Varmus let it be known that the thrill of winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the morning was as nothing compared with being at Candlestick Park in the evening to see the Giants take the National League pennant for the first time in 27 years . |
| 57 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |
| 58 | CLIVE ALLEN scored twice , but Trevor Morley was sent off as European football last night returned to Upton Park for the first time in 11 years . |
| 59 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |
| 60 | Martino 's ambition to reunite the series for the first time in thirty years has , however , been thwarted by the refusal of Sophia Loren to loan ‘ Study for a Pope V ’ , but the exhibition reassembles the remaining five canvases , including the version owned by the Musei Vaticani . |