Example sentences of "[be] the first time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will be the first time Bamert has conducted the work — ‘ the RSNO think I suggested it , and I think they did ’ — exactly ten years to the month since he made his debut with the then Scottish National Orchestra . |
| 2 | That means it will be the first time abortion has been debated as part of government legislation , rather than on the basis of a private member 's Bill . |
| 3 | It will be the first time Michelozzo has tackled 1 ¼ miles , but he did win over a distance of 1 mile and 50 yards at Nottingham in April . |
| 4 | One shop steward remarked that , ‘ that is the first time management have trained us as they would train one another . |
| 5 | It is the first time aviation experts and the rescue services have held a joint conference on the importance of working together . |
| 6 | This is the first time WGEC has sponsored trainees through two years of full-time education . |
| 7 | Handball Although Merseyside is a hotbed of the sport , with no fewer than five national league men 's and women 's team , this is the first time handball has been included in the Games . |
| 8 | It 's the first time bat lovers have built artifical roosting sites alongside a river . |
| 9 | He told me this week : ‘ It 's the first time City of Derry have won a green pennant since the club was founded in 1912 . ’ |
| 10 | Er mm I do n't think so because the , the , we , we are with all of this we are still in north China so this was the first time land reform has come . |
| 11 | It was the first time Jewellery had participated in the competition which involved two teams from Wedgwood and from Coalport , Precision Studios , Royal Tuscan , Alexandra Pottery , Johnson Brothers and Mason 's Ironstone . |