Example sentences of "the first time [prep] seven [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 2 | Barnes ' return to the Kop for the first time in seven months prompted a rapturous welcome worthy of the Messiah himself and every touch , every pin-point pass only served to enhance that adulation . |
| 3 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 4 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 5 | The Swedes , at No. 16 with Dancing Queen are working together for the first time in seven years . |
| 6 | Having listened to most of that stuff for the first time in seven years yesterday , most of it is pretty embarrassing . |
| 7 | For the first time in seven years , heavy winter snow has filled California 's rivers . |
| 8 | He made no announcement until 19 October , and perhaps did not even close his own mind until no more than a week earlier , but on 3 October , the same day that the Italian attack was eventually launched , he went to Bournemouth and for the first time in seven years addressed the Conservative Party Conference . |
| 9 | The most dramatic improvement has been among arctic terns , which are breeding on the islands for the first time in seven years . |