Example sentences of "the first time a [noun sg] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 2 | The centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the state became subordinated to the interests of the dominant economic groups that were already creating a commercial agriculture and would subsequently promote industrial development : ‘ for the first time a state had been created whose policies and activities were shaped in response to the needs and movement of civil society ’ ( Gamble 1981 : 67 ) . |
| 3 | This was the first time a company had been invited to give a product demonstration at the centre and were keen to present the merits of their product . |
| 4 | It 's the first time a licence has been refused because of animal welfare . |
| 5 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 6 | It 's not the first time a lifeboat has been based in the bay . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not the first time a child has been attacked by an alsatian — even a crossbreed like this can be savage , ’ said Lee 's father John , 37 . |
| 8 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 9 | Derek Polson , a CCG storeman at KG Ethylene Offsite stores , showed he knows all there is to know about fork lift driving when he scored a perfect 100 per cent in his driving test — the first time a driver has achieved the maximum score at Hargreaves Training in Glasgow . |
| 10 | His eldest son , Prince Edward , was made Duke of Cornwall , the first time a dukedom had been conferred in England , and six new earls were created . |
| 11 | ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer . |
| 12 | Others who had coped well enough to begin with on those scanty mill wages , who had even picked themselves up and patched things together , the first time that demon of bad trade had halved their weekly pay ; the first time there had been sickness and doctors ' bills to eat up anything they had been able to put by during the good times — never much ; the first time a husband had suffered injury at the mill or the foundry , which meant no weekly pay-packet at all . |
| 13 | For the first time a Pope has set foot in Lithuania and the Baltic countries , ’ the 73-year-old Pope said after kissing the ground at Vilnius airport . |
| 14 | But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened . |
| 15 | Without doubt the most successful of the new Frers 44s on the Solent CHS circuit , culminating in a resounding win in the Round the Island Race — the first time a Swan has taken the coveted Gold Roman Bowl . |
| 16 | this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation |
| 17 | The Admiral can have the admiral 's cabin — it 'll be the first time an admiral has slept there . |