Example sentences of "be the first time [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 2 | This is believed to be the first time that timber banned under CITES has been the target of Customs operations in Europe . |
| 3 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 4 | But if there is to be an Oxford mafia in Washington , it wo n't be the first time former University College students have made history . |
| 5 | It is the first time that Pizza Hut has opened an Express slice operation in a leisure attraction of Thorpe Park 's size . |
| 6 | This is the first time that accounting standards have had even this amount of statutory backing . |
| 7 | This is the first time this question has arisen for decision by any court since the enactment of the Judicature Act 1873 . |
| 8 | ‘ This is the first time this kind of survey has been done . |
| 9 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
| 10 | This is the first time this problem 's arisen ? |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It 's the first time that protection against meningitis has been offered as a routine childhood immunisation , as Jessica Fowle reports |
| 14 | It was the first time professional ballet was seen in South Africa , and the performances caused much excitement . |
| 15 | It does n't , if you like , make sense and the key year , as I say , is nineteen seventy eight because that was the first time that spending on overseas holidays exceeded the spending on U K holidays . |
| 16 | ( This , incidentally , was the first time that Boy had heard Madame refer to herself as Mother . ) |
| 17 | Although government and rebels had met briefly in 1987 , it was the first time that army officers had agreed to talk with URNG representatives . |
| 18 | It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion . |
| 19 | This was the first time that father and son had been separated and it is apparent that Leopold undertook much of the organisation for the visit , advising Mozart and his mother of places to stay , even giving the costs of meals as they made their way through the German states . |
| 20 | It was the first time that score had been played in Cape Town , and John Wright told me that the players in rehearsal threw down their instruments in despair . |
| 21 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 22 | This was the first time this season that the number one Mercedes , which suffered all weekend from a curious instability on the bumpiest section of the 2.75 mile track , did not start a WSPC race from the front row . |