Example sentences of "the first time [prep] five [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Development spending was to rise by 21 per cent to taka86,500 million , exceeding the total for recurrent expenditure ( up 8 per cent at taka85,500 million ) for the first time for five years .
2 England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle .
3 No wins so far mean that Amthaal slips in the race on 7st 12lb and he showed plenty of promise at Chester last week — racing for the first time in five months .
4 Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years .
5 After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years .
6 ROCK star Cher came face to face with ex-husband Sonny for the first time in five years … and loathed it .
7 And for the first time in five years , the average cost of building a house dropped from the year before — from £25,338 in 1991/92 , to £24,537 in 1992/ 93 .
8 THE number of people who have been out of work for more than a year broke through the one million barrier today for the first time in five years .
9 I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off .
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