Example sentences of "[is] the first time [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the first time that Pizza Hut has opened an Express slice operation in a leisure attraction of Thorpe Park 's size . |
| 2 | This is the first time that accounting standards have had even this amount of statutory backing . |
| 3 | This is the first time this question has arisen for decision by any court since the enactment of the Judicature Act 1873 . |
| 4 | ‘ This is the first time this kind of survey has been done . |
| 5 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
| 6 | This is the first time this problem 's arisen ? |
| 7 | ‘ It is the first time this sort of thing has happened at our Omagh garage but unfortunately people in the motor trade are all too familiar with this kind of theft , ’ said Mr Sloan . |
| 8 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 9 | It 's the first time that protection against meningitis has been offered as a routine childhood immunisation , as Jessica Fowle reports |