Example sentences of "the first time [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOSCOW — Huge amounts of computerised information held in Soviet data bases are to be made available for the first time to Western research , it was agreed at a conference for Western and Eastern scientists here , writes Justin Arundale . |
| 2 | While this may be socially desirable in the LFA , until the reduction and partial elimination of capital grants in December 1984 , there were fears that pastures and meadows ( hitherto traditionally managed ) , small wetlands and areas of rough grazing on small farms in the UK uplands would be subject for the first time to agricultural intensification . |
| 3 | Fighting spread for the first time to Serbian territory on Nov. 5 and 6 , when Croatian forces were reported to have attacked Serbian villages . |
| 4 | The story weaves the Japanese viewpoint widely through the film and presents , probably for the first time to most movie viewers , a rational reason why the Japanese felt they had to attack the United States or suffer as a second-class nation . |
| 5 | One of these was a gradual trend towards laying off workers in their early sixties in the belief that age made them less efficient , and the introduction for the first time of fixed retirement ages . |
| 6 | Khayyam was not one of the greatest Persian poets , nor the best loved in Persia , but Fitzgerald translation made large Western audience aware for the first time of Persian poetry . |
| 7 | During a visit to Beijing , the Chinese capital , Abdullah al-Kuwaizi , the Deputy Minister of Finance and National Economy , announced on April 19 , 1989 , the establishment for the first time of formal trade relations with China . |
| 8 | One hundred patients of a total of 335 presenting for the first time with variceal haemorrhage were recruited into the study and randomised . |
| 9 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 10 | It struck her as comical , so soon after the expressions of revulsion and outrage on coming face to face for the first time with sexual deviance . |
| 11 | There is an old-fashioned quality to these performances which leaves me wishing for something just a little less well-upholstered , although I can imagine anyone coming to Bach for the first time with this recording could well come away with the impression that old LEAVES is quite simply the ‘ bizz ’ , and I for one would not wish to argue with that ! |
| 12 | From next April , tax relief will be available for the first time for individual training expenses — encouraging a further increase in the commitment of individuals to train to improve their future career prospects . |
| 13 | Has anybody read it for the first time for this course ? |
| 14 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 15 | She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week . |
| 16 | There are promotions for David Hunt to the employment department , for Gillian Shephard to agriculture and for John Redwood , the Thatcherite and cerebral local-government minister who joins the cabinet for the first time as Welsh secretary . |
| 17 | The respondent consulted a solicitor for the first time at that stage . |
| 18 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 19 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 20 | Proudly proclaiming that this recording contains for the first time on one CD all of Bach 's Toccatas and Fugues ( including the Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV548 ) , it is indeed a well-stocked programme . |
| 21 | Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil . |
| 22 | Previous application of this method ( viz. a 1-stage Delphi with interactive feedback ) earlier in this research programme has shown that many employers embarking often for the first time on strategic employment policy-making require some means of obtaining confirmation they are on the right lines . |
| 23 | When Henry V landed for the first time on French soil nearly forty years later , it was soon put beyond doubt that in his artillery he possessed a potential match-winner . |
| 24 | Because I have on good information and I 'll say it for the first time on this programme , I intend to give this in my evidence tomorrow , that Rover intend to close not the south works first , but the north works first . |
| 25 | ZeeBeeCee has gained a court order allowing access to Jessamyn Bonney 's juvenile records , stored in the central infonet of the Bruyce-Hoare Agency , and we can exclusively reveal for the first time on national television that evidence which has come to light since her 1992 parricide hearing has suggested that she was indeed guilty of the murder of her father , a crime for which she was acquitted in court on the testimony of one Andrew Jean , since deceased , a gangcult associate and known perjurer . ’ |
| 26 | For the first time during final assembly , individual workshops prepare sub-assemblies for one aspect of the car , i.e. driving position , engine and chassis , glazing , seats , bumpers etc . |
| 27 | These had gradually developed in the preceding ten years , and were displayed on British streets on a consistent basis for the first time during this dispute . |
| 28 | Also , ‘ for the first time since 1906 union funds were exposed to the threat of damages claims if official support was even to action which was no longer immune ’ . |
| 29 | The weakness of the domestic economy has , for the first time in recent memory , turned the affluent Japanese consumer into a bargain hunter . |
| 30 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |