Example sentences of "first time [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He met the descendants of Lascar seamen or other immigrants who settled into Liverpool and for the first time saw the need for justice to an immigrant community . |
| 2 | In a memorandum in that month of crisis the Ministry of Defence apparently for the first time addressed the issue of the foreign exchange costs of existing policy , in response to the claim by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the end of July that Britain 's overseas military expenditure was running at £140 million p.a . |
| 3 | The year 1966 was when the number of people paying a TV licence for the first time exceeded the number paying a radio licence . |
| 4 | In 1651 the Dutch republic forbade its diplomats to accept gifts from foreign governments ; and in 1692 regulations were issued in Sweden which for the first time specified the value of those to be given to foreign representatives on their departure . |
| 5 | She thought suddenly that she had taken Dr Neil for granted , that she had not fully realised either his hard work or his dedication , and for the first time understood the impulse which had caused him to leave the cushioned life of a younger son of a good family and become an East End doctor instead . |
| 6 | The so-called ‘ Second Ashida Memorandum ’ for the first time envisaged the possibility that , if the UN was not capable of protecting Japan , the United States would be permitted to send forces to Japan and utilise bases in order to defend Japan . |