Example sentences of "[is] the first time a [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 's the first time a licence has been refused because of animal welfare .
9 Noel Lynch , of the Ulster Aviation Society , said : ‘ It 's the first time a reunion like this has taken place .
10 But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened .
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