Example sentences of "first time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Marek saw the headstone for the first time no one in the neighbourhood whom he asked knew anything about the man who had been buried there . |
| 2 | For the first time no thin rubber insulation had kept them ultimately apart , and Mr Berkley had found the experience oddly moving and disturbing . |
| 3 | The agreement includes a vital clause stating that the Commission must examine the rates of duty laid down every two years , and for the first time no later than 31st December 1994 . |
| 4 | For the first time no government ministers were included , and only Gorbachev and Ivashko remained from the old politburo . |
| 5 | Navratilova 's exit marked the first time no American woman had reached the quarter-finals of the US Open since women began playing in the tournament in 1887 . |
| 6 | We should never have got rid of the little Fiat we used to have which started first time every time and if anything did go wrong you could fix it with an elastic band or a bit of string , Gianluigi used to say , although personally I 'm hopeless with machinery . |
| 7 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 8 | This momentous decision — it is the first time a former Greek prime minister has been indicted by parliament — was complemented by measures the left coalition in particular regards as vital to prevent abuse of power by single-party governments in future . |
| 9 | The pace picks up towards the end : Bolam 's hair goes awry , and for the first time a sense of desperation enters his acting . |
| 10 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 11 | For the first time a civil servant , perforce , began to affect what happened . |
| 12 | For the first time a mathematical definition of overcrowding was given by the National Government in their Act of 1935 , and a determined attack was made on this evil . |
| 13 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 14 | If he wins , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 15 | If confirmed , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 16 | Guardian members are to receive an average £520 cash windfall for voting ‘ yes ’ to the merger at a special meeting in December — the first time a bonus of this size has been paid out on a simple merger operation . |
| 17 | It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum . |
| 18 | It is the first time a former officer has been given permission to write about MI5 since Sir Percy Sillitoe , the post-war head of the service , published his memoirs in 1955 . |
| 19 | ‘ Following this decision , the Community will have for the first time a single framework within which takeovers and mergers of a Community dimension can be dealt with , recognising the importance of maintaining fair competition throughout the single market . ’ |
| 20 | American production soared , largely to meet overseas demand , and the Soviet Union , despite some impressive gains in production , became for the first time a large importer . |
| 21 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 22 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 23 | Setting up the service provides for the first time a national intelligence-gathering operation on organised crime and criminals . |
| 24 | Reform has already begun : this weekend voters could choose for the first time a single named candidate for the lower house , instead of numbers on a party list . |
| 25 | It was the first time a hurdling dog had broken a flat record but trainer Paddy Hancox was not surprised . |
| 26 | For the first time a fairly extensive observation exercise was initiated involving close reporting of the drama teaching in six education authorities conducted throughout the period of one academic year . |
| 27 | Industrialization created for the first time a new political force in the mass of factory workers . |
| 28 | Alongside this flourishing of national cultures , for the first time a real international economic division of labour would emerge , covering multinational economic regions in which each nation would play a specialized role for all other : |
| 29 | I had felt for the first time a gnawing loneliness , finding echoes of familiar landscapes in the sweep of a glen , the gentle bend of a river . |
| 30 | It has been suggested that this was the first time a summer pavilion had been adapted from a Greek temple . |