Example sentences of "be the first time the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll be the first time the race will be multi racial . |
| 2 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ I said , ‘ but it wo n't be the first time the map 's been wrong . ’ |
| 3 | It will be the first time the programme has ever been done outside London , and the first time it has been done in front of an audience . |
| 4 | The date will be the first time the group 's new seven-track CD recording for which finished earlier this week will be on sale . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This is the first time the kid 's been out so long . |
| 7 | It is the first time the inspectorate has taken the board to court for an alleged lapse of safety . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This is the first time the tactic has been used , effectively creating a barrier between the residents at risk and the revellers . |
| 11 | If this is the first time the guest has used the hotel a guest history card is sometimes created ( see Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is the first time the chain , headed by Anita Roddick , has traded in Darlington . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It 's the first time the Rectory Farm at Stanton St John has been hit by strawberry rustlers . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
| 21 | It was the first time the brewer had advertised on TV and the landmark was not lost on Guinness . |
| 22 | That was the first time the Hound appeared , my sons . |
| 23 | This year was the first time the competition had taken place in England . |
| 24 | It was the first time the church authorities had discussed the issue of the refugees , some 25,000 of whom have entered Hungary from the south over the past year . |
| 25 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 26 | It was the first time the state 's highest court had debated the point and was widely welcomed by accountants . |
| 27 | It was the first time the company has been prosecuted for a hygiene offence . |
| 28 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 29 | This was the first time the impunity of the police had been challenged in Guatemala . |
| 30 | This was the first time the meeting had been held in Asia , and representatives of the 25 American countries participating — including Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , who was of Japanese parentage — reportedly regarded the meeting as an important forum for encouraging Japanese trade and investment links with the region . |