Example sentences of "[is] the first time [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum .
3 ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer .
4 It is the first time a party from the south have joined the team , headed by Keith Taylor , area organiser for the charity , Aid to Romanian Orphans .
5 The Committee believes that this is the first time a group of solicitors , experts in their field , have considered the legal feasibility of an anti-discrimination law to help people with disabilities work .
6 this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation
7 Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch .
8 It is the first time the Service has explained its stand in the dispute , which led to serious disturbances among loyalist inmates in the Maze .
9 This is the first time the kid 's been out so long .
10 It is the first time the inspectorate has taken the board to court for an alleged lapse of safety .
11 However , Mr Leeder said : ‘ Quite honestly I do n't hold out much hope , but this is the first time the church has agreed to visit us .
12 IN referring to the Chilean Order of Merit awarded to Mr Harold Pinter , Mandrake ( March 29 ) stated that this is the first time the honour has been bestowed upon a playwright or , indeed , upon an ‘ intellectual ’ of any description .
13 This is the first time the tactic has been used , effectively creating a barrier between the residents at risk and the revellers .
14 If this is the first time the guest has used the hotel a guest history card is sometimes created ( see Fig. 3.35 ) .
15 The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period .
16 It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report .
17 It is the first time the industry has been able to purchase cover for long-term environmental damage although it does buy insurance against sudden pollution incidents or claims from disasters such as explosions .
18 A spokeswoman for the band , whose hits include Love Cats and The Walk , said it is the first time The Cure will have played at such an intimate venue for almost ten years .
19 It is the first time the chain , headed by Anita Roddick , has traded in Darlington .
20 This is the first time the conference has been held in Stoke-on-Trent and is especially significant to Wedgwood since the Moat House incorporates Etruria Hall , the home of Josiah I. A Wedgwood stand and demonstrator will be on display at the conference .
21 It 's the first time a licence has been refused because of animal welfare .
22 Noel Lynch , of the Ulster Aviation Society , said : ‘ It 's the first time a reunion like this has taken place .
23 But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened .
24 It 's the first time the Rectory Farm at Stanton St John has been hit by strawberry rustlers .
25 It 's the first time the farm at Over just outside Gloucester has offered people the chance to pick their own pumpkins … and already many of the 12,000 giant orange vegetables spread across the 5 acre plot have been sold .
26 It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor .
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