Example sentences of "the first time that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lancaster himself , of course , was much the most significant of those who were executed : it was the first time that a man of such high rank had been put to death for rebellion against the king . |
| 2 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 3 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 4 | It was the first time that a veto had been overridden in the state in the 20th century . |
| 5 | I think that was the first time that a chill hit Mala too , for she seemed to grow a little pale . |
| 6 | It 's not the first time that a link has been made between erupting volcanoes and the weather . |
| 7 | This is believed to be the first time that a court of law in any country has declared that scientific evidence establishes cause and effect between exposure to smoke and certain diseases . |
| 8 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
| 9 | The UK Department of Transport 's plans to build a road through rare water meadows in Herefordshire have been rejected on environmental grounds after a public inquiry — reportedly the first time that a road project has been halted because of environmental concern . |
| 10 | But it 's not the first time that a procedure 's |
| 11 | The training of the vernacular clergy had been in the hands of Arthur Dilworth , the first time that a missionary had been completely set aside for this important task . |
| 12 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
| 13 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
| 14 | This was the first time that a member of the military had been tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in 11 years of civil war marked by accusations of government-sanctioned torture , kidnapping and murder . |
| 15 | It is the first time that a country has ever won three successive Test matches , each against a different country ( in this case West Indies , Sri Lanka and New Zealand ) . |
| 16 | It is the first time that a Vernier machine has been build outwith the inventor 's factory in Belgium , and has been constructed by Pickering Staplina , joint partners with Stoddard in Bonded Developments Ltd . |
| 17 | It is , in the words of its financial adviser Sohei Nakayama of the Industrial Bank of Japan , the project 's main financiers , ‘ the first time that a corporation has decided to found and manage a whole city ’ . |
| 18 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
| 19 | It is the first time that a lifeboatman has received such an honour since sea rescues began in the town with the historic Zetland lifeboat 190 years ago . |
| 20 | It was the first time that an artist had taken the company to court . |
| 21 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 22 | This will be the first time that an introduction to the range of MEDIA initiatives will have taken place in the city . |
| 23 | This is believed to be the first time that an attempt has been made to compile a complete statistical record of Soviet economic development assistance to the less developed countries since it started on a formal basis in 1954 ; by 1983 such assistance had gone to a total of 57 countries . |
| 24 | It was the first time that an organization rather than a country had been allowed to join a UN organization . |
| 25 | This is also the first time that the Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) , has been allowed out to speak from the Treasury Bench in the Chamber . |
| 26 | This was the first time that the audit fee had been put out to tender but finance director Trevor Larman says : ‘ Whether it 's diesel fuel or trucks , we will always seek a quote . ’ |
| 27 | This was the first time that the government had confirmed that all votes would be of equal value ; de Klerk did not specify , however , whether there would be a common voters ' roll or separate rolls . |
| 28 | It was the first time that the government had simultaneously formulated a 10-year programme and a five-year plan [ see p. 37917 for adoption of plan and programme guidelines at seventh CCP plenum held in December 1990 ; see p. 38097 for report on seventh five-year plan ] . |
| 29 | Might he not be playing a far deeper game although not a new one , since it would not be the first time that the man who hatched the plot and encouraged others most ardently to join it , should be the very one to turn his fellow conspirators over to the magistrates . |
| 30 | The Soviet announcement in September 1989 that it was to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar station in Siberia ( see p. 36909 ) was followed by a statement on Oct. 23 , 1989 , by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , who admitted for the first time that the location and orientation of the radar station constituted " a violation of the ABM treaty " . |