Example sentences of "the first time this [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the first time this kind of survey has been done . |
| 2 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 3 | Rowledge First School is usually used as the polling station for Bucks Horn Oak voters , but the venue was changed for the first time this year to the Forestry Commission 's offices in Christmas Tree Yard . |
| 4 | The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent . |
| 5 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 6 | STATE school exam results tables will be made public for the first time this week in the biggest Government publishing exercise since ration books . |
| 7 | ‘ It is the first time this sort of thing has happened at our Omagh garage but unfortunately people in the motor trade are all too familiar with this kind of theft , ’ said Mr Sloan . |
| 8 | Pickering have their wicket keeper Richard Gray available for the first time this season on recovering from a hand injury for the visit of Scarborough in the EYC while Whitby are unchanged for the visit of York in the same competition . |
| 9 | Manchester United skipper Bryan Robson starts a Premier League game for the first time this season at Aston Villa tomorrow . |
| 10 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |