Example sentences of "the first time in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 32 | ROCK star Cher came face to face with ex-husband Sonny for the first time in five years … and loathed it . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | On March 20 and October 9 , Saturn and Pluto cross swords for the first time in two decades . |
| 38 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |
| 39 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | But child benefit is to be frozen for the first time in two years . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | She was looking for something memorable , probably for the first time in two years , and he did n't want to deny her that . |
| 45 | ‘ 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 . |
| 46 | For the first time in two years , Maggie simply wanted to run . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | but now we can acknowledge that the advance in South Africa 's cricket prospects is as much in their debt as it is to the current leaders who have united South African cricket and allowed it , for the first time in two centuries , to look forward to drawing on all the resources of the nation 's youth regardless of race , colour or creed . |
| 49 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 50 | indeed , Mo Johnston , recalled for the first time in two months , was the only Everton player in the starting line-up who had managed a goal in front of the Goodison public . |
| 51 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | FOR THE first time in nine years , CCG 's Souther Division won their annual match against David Randall 's Citibank eleven . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Mr Alfred Nzo , general secretary of the ANC , said yesterday that he spoke to Mr Mandela for the first time in 26 years . |
| 58 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | ‘ 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 . ’ |