Example sentences of "for the first time this year " in BNC.

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1 These potatoes are round and white , a new Dutch strain , being grown in Britain for the first time this year .
2 But the National Communications Union believes BT will be forced to introduce compulsory redundancies for the first time this year because it will be unable to find enough volunteers .
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 Yorkshire Car Collection opens its doors to the public for the first time this year , giving you the opportunity to see one of the most magnificent collections of cars in Europe .
5 Ricky Willison is another ex-Walker Cup player playing the Tour for the first time this year .
6 The prestigious event , at which leading scientists discuss global environment , took place for the first time this year , in Rio de Janeiro .
7 For the first time this year , ticket holders will receive a full refund if a whole day 's play is cancelled because of bad weather .
8 Not for the first time this year , Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist .
9 For the first time this year , advance booking will be available from 1 January .
10 But Agnew 's , who exhibited for the first time this year and made at least one sale of ‘ around $50,000 ’ said they were ‘ pleased with the quality of the crowd and would definitely do the show next year ’ .
11 Among this year 's participants are : Richard Philp ( also exhibiting at Grosvenor House for the first time this year ) whose stand will include a portrait by Cornelis Johnson and a group of antiquities ; book dealer Nicholas Merchant of Harrogate who will have books on all aspects of European decorative and fine arts ; Brian Beet of Bond Street who has a rare Spanish-colonial gold snuff box made in Peru in the mid-eighteenth century ; numismatists A.H .
12 Plans to make this the theme of the 1993 rights meeting follows the decision of the fair organisers to allocate electronic publishing a special area of its own at Frankfurt for the first time this year .
13 With the scheduling of the 1992 Asian Classic — in Thailand for the first time this year — for January 30 , and the new World Championship for mid-December each year , the professional golf season now effectively covers 12 months , involving more travel than ever before .
14 Other new awards on offer for the first time this year included Practical Word Processing .
15 Festival organisers also hope for high standard of competition in a new music competition to be held for the first time this year .
16 For the first time this year , Messrs Cronin and Co will be looking up to their opposite numbers and it will be essential that both blockers and sweepers are doing their job .
17 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 .
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