Example sentences of "the first time [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 2 | For the first time since economic co-operation was established as one of the three " baskets " under the 1975 Helsinki Final Act , an economic meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) was held in Bonn on March 19-April 11 . |
| 3 | LOGO and the languages which follow could allow people of the Third World to recover control of their cultural and educational development for the first time since elite education began to be Europeanised last century . |
| 4 | This is the first time that Western technology has been integrated with Soviet-designed reactors . |
| 5 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 6 | The in-can system , for which we hold the patent , won The Queen 's Award for Technological Achievement in 1991 — the first time that this award has been given to a brewer . |
| 7 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 8 | This is the first time that this development has been made manifest . |
| 9 | As Robert points out this is the first time that this function has been run as a single corporate entity . |
| 10 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is the first time that any Government have introduced a genuine patients charter of rights ? |
| 12 | This was the first time that any part of the English-speaking Caribbean region had attempted political integration since the dissolution of the West Indies Federation in May 1962 [ see p. 18813 ] . |
| 13 | The bill follows a report which stressed the need for parliamentary involvement in nuclear issues , and is the first time that any aspect of French nuclear energy policy has come before the deputies . |