Example sentences of "the first time in [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the first time in fourteen years the peak-hour commuter figures show growth ( a modest half per cent ) but an interview with David Kirby indicated that L&SE had no inkling of what was to come .
2 It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before .
3 With the bursting of the bubble , land prices fell last year for the first time in 17 years .
4 A week later , Treloar followed up by winning the Rosemary Symonds Cup for the first time in 17 years , so ending Hammer 's domination of this tournament .
5 THE controversial film Cathy Come Home is to be screened on British television for the first time in 17 years in as attempt to highlight the plight of the homeless .
6 Pérez on June 13 appointed a military figure as Foreign Minister , for the first time in 34 years of democratic rule , in what was seen as a gesture to the armed forces , where discontent was still high in the aftermath of the abortive military coup of Feb. 4 [ see pp. 38759-60 ] .
7 Also at North Weald , flying on September 9 for the first time in eighteen years was CM. 170 Magister G–FUGA in the hands of an Irish Air Corps test pilot from Baldonnel .
8 She had , for the first time in eighteen years , recovered her equilibrium .
9 Soon red kites , breeding again in Scotland for the first time in 100 years , may be added to their list .
10 Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years .
11 Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final .
12 Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years .
13 Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone .
14 Genzyme announced last week that Ceredase , its drug for Gaucher disease , is being used in Britain for the first time in 10 patients seriously ill with the rare and potentially fatal inherited disease .
15 The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months .
16 ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months .
17 Willie Falconer will start a League game for the first time in six months , and teenager Alan Moore could make his debut .
18 YORK Minster 's bells rang out over the city for the first time in six months at the weekend their longest break since the Second World War .
19 If they were included he would surely return to No.1 for the first time in six years .
20 I thought things had changed in Sweden when I was able to use the same team in successive games for the first time in six years .
21 Certainly it is welcome news to report that oral examination entry levels rose by 33 per cent with FLIC overtaking its sister examination , Spoken English for Industry and Commerce ( SEFIC ) , for the first time in six years .
22 As unemployment climbed above three million for the first time in six years , the latest figures showed our region has been hard hit by the recession .
23 The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings .
24 It had been feared it would break through the three million barrier for the first time in six years .
25 The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) .
26 DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities .
27 Dedicated Wyn has now astounded doctors by bringing Norman to live back at home for the first time in three-and-a-half years .
28 England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle .
29 No wins so far mean that Amthaal slips in the race on 7st 12lb and he showed plenty of promise at Chester last week — racing for the first time in five months .
30 Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years .
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