Example sentences of "the first time in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 2 | Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history . |
| 3 | For the first time in history , later life has become a normal human expectation . |
| 4 | But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence . |
| 5 | For the first time in history , people are beginning to adopt the religion of other cultures or are finding inspiration in more than one faith . |
| 6 | Moreover , hitherto unexploited elements of warfare — defensive barbed wire and massed machine-guns — were being deployed along the whole front of some 563km/350mls , manned for the first time in history by millions of men . |
| 7 | But families do not just decide , for the first time in history , to adopt contraception out of the blue . |
| 8 | For the first time in history the Japanese people were enjoying real freedom rather than the autocracy and totalitarianism which they had suffered prior to August 1945 . |
| 9 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 10 | Nutmeg , cloves , cinnamon , and curry-powders enabled us , for the first time in history , to preserve and stockpile food across the seasons . |
| 11 | This was the first time in history that a trade union banner had been borne aloft in a great military and naval display . |
| 12 | Esher ( 1981 ) has suggested that Britain has experienced three ‘ Rebuilds ’ : the Enlightenment , the Industrial Revolution and the Welfare State : ‘ fashioned by wartime social democrats in England , which would for the first time in history build cities that were not dramatizations of privilege and poverty ’ ( p. 278 ) . |
| 13 | With the elements as slaves , then for the first time in history slavery will be abolished . |
| 14 | Launching International Literacy Year 1990 , UNESCO Director General said that the absolute number of illiterates had begun to decline for the first time in history . |
| 15 | In his opening address welcoming delegates to the summit on Nov. 19 , President François Mitterrand of France said that " it is the first time in history that we witness a change in the depth of the European landscape that is not the outcome of a war or bloody revolution " . |
| 16 | This was to be the first time in history that aircraft were used for ground attack , as an integral part of an operation carried out by ground and air forces . |
| 17 | Labour had gained over 130 seats , and for the first time in history it was the strongest party in the state . |
| 18 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 19 | Both were the direct results of the application of steam to transport , since for the first time in history this made possible regular and safe journeys for large numbers of people and luggage over any kind of terrain and water . |
| 20 | Finch got up , for the first time in company for many moons , and went to the piano in his drawing room next door , shouting ‘ I ca n't do it properly . ’ |
| 21 | Loan star Imre Varadi comes in on the starting line up for the first time in favour of the suspended Nick Cusack . |
| 22 | The players will train on the new pitch for the first time in preparation for their ‘ homecoming ’ First Division sell-out fixture against Portsmouth on December 5 . |
| 23 | For the first time in peace , the US government had committed itself to a firm military alliance . |
| 24 | These pilot events have been developed , in conjunction with the Department of Industrial and Social Studies , to form the core of a new elective module ‘ Team Development in Practice ’ being offered for the first time in semester one 1993/94 . |
| 25 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 26 | Carlsbad , California-based Stac Electronics Inc is meeting the challenge of the built-in data compression in MS-DOS 6.0 , formally launched by Microsoft Corp yesterday with its own new Stacker 3.1 for Windows and MS-DOS : the company says the new version achieves new levels of safety and ease of use by taking advantage of special operating system features available for the first time in MS-DOS 6.0 ; when loaded , it replaces Microsoft 's DoubleSpace , and integrates the Stacker LZS compression into the operating system , and Stac claims that unlike DoubleSpace , which is based on data compression technology licensed from Vertisoft Systems Inc , $150 Stacker 3.1 is also fully compatible with earlier MS-DOSes . |
| 27 | The plans for the dump are spelt out for the first time in evidence from the CEGB to the Sizewell inquiry , now in its fourth week . |
| 28 | For the first time in memory , the conference press room telephones have been besieged by warlike members of the Shadow Cabinet , volunteering a stream of unsolicited scorn in advance of successive ministerial speeches . |
| 29 | SCOTLAND manager Andy Roxburgh yesterday named his side 48 hours in advance — for the first time in memory . |
| 30 | The International Herald Tribune of June 29 reported that the Swedish immigration board had turned down the asylum application of a Soviet Jew for the first time in memory and that immigration officials had announced on June 28 that Soviet Jews would no longer be granted asylum automatically . |