Example sentences of "the first time in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 2 | Food shortages and the lack of heating or lighting in towns , and the time-consuming difficulties of finding ways round them for city-dwellers , meant that for the first time in a century , if not longer , life in the country was not to be despised . |
| 3 | In 1974 , for example , we learned that ‘ For the first time in a century and a half , since the great Tory reformer Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police areas of our cities are becoming unsafe for peaceful citizens by night , and some even by day ’ — from no less an authority than that great Tory reformer Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 4 | Sir Keith Joseph offers a flexi-time history according to which , in the same speech where he entertained the spectacular belief that Britain 's streets had been plunged into insecurity ‘ for the first time in a century and a half ’ , he also conjured with a more modest timescale whereby ‘ such words as good and evil , such stress on self-discipline and standards have been out of favour since the war ’ . |
| 5 | Conversely , it is also important to realise that if diarrhoea starts again or even occurs for the first time in a patient treated by gluten restriction , the patient should be investigated for colonic disorders , since the answer may not simply or necessarily rest with dietary lapses , an unresponsiveness phase , or lymphoma . |
| 6 | At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play . |
| 7 | Reagan had tried to meet the families once or twice , the first time in a school library in Chicago Heights ; the relatives furiously demanded help from him , boxing him in with a semi-circle of school chairs . |
| 8 | For the first time in a decade the Thatcherite crusade seemed to be faltering , though how permanently it was too early to judge . |
| 9 | But as the Labour parliamentary front bench scents the thaw , and surveys the possibility of government for the first time in a decade , the party pressures running in favour of detente are increasing . |
| 10 | France 's total wine exports declined for the first time in a decade last year . |
| 11 | There are bound to be some tears around the 4th and 10th but , with Jupiter in Libra for the first time in a decade , you can not allow yourself to be constrained any more . |
| 12 | The government closed down the last two illegally militia-operated ports on May 15 , thereby taking full control of seaborne trade for the first time in a decade . |
| 13 | For the first time in a decade a Conservative government has resorted to direct tax increases to help it bridge the gap between its spending and its revenues . |
| 14 | There were youth speakers on the platform for the first time in a decade . |
| 15 | Collections drop for the first time in a decade |
| 16 | Manchester Utd 1 Manchester City 1 JUST when the First Division championship seemed within touching distance for the first time in a quarter of a century , Steve Bruce pushed it just out of Manchester United 's reach at Old Trafford last night . |
| 17 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
| 18 | WOLVES winger Robbie Dennison has been recalled to Northern Ireland 's squad for the first time in a year . |
| 19 | KPMG Peat Marwick point out that ‘ for the first time in a year , the number of companies failing has deceased . |
| 20 | The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved . |
| 21 | Sally Gunnell will also go to Crystal Palace with an opportunity to earn the equivalent women 's title and same bumper pay-day but her chances look more bleak after she was beaten in the one-lap hurdles for the first time in a year by her US rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick . |
| 22 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 23 | Beating Rangers for the first time in a year ( the first time for two years at home ) did nothing other than give a long suffering Celtic support one night of remission . |
| 24 | Today 's move means though that he German discount rate is below our base rate for the first time in a year . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , in Britain , we have the sight of the old left coalition , aka the Labour Party , indicating , for the first time in a generation , that it is receptive to the wholesale importation of ideas from outside . |
| 26 | Clearly , we have made great progress in bringing inflation under control and we shall soon have a lower rate of inflation than Germany for the first time in a generation . |
| 27 | She had fallen into a deep and dreamless sleep , the first time in a fortnight she had slept so well , when Quinn nudged her awake . |
| 28 | Now , however , having regard to what was learnt by C.N.L. 's counsel whilst sitting in court during the successful appeal , they are for the first time in a position to raise a plea of justification . |
| 29 | History in the making at Barbados : West Indian and South African players and officials meet for the first time in a Test match . |
| 30 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |