Example sentences of "first time in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oil production overtook coal production in 1979/80 ( in thermal value terms ) for the first time in UK history and in 1983 exceeded it by more than 70% . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the new school year , in February 1968 , ANDES held a two-month general strike and occupied the buildings of the ministry — the first time in El Salvador 's history that public buildings had been occupied , although this was to become a frequent practice in subsequent years . |
| 3 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 4 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 5 | But apart from his rugby chores , McBride will be stretching his maternal instincts to the limit — He 's gearing himself to be a father for the first time in October . |
| 6 | For the first time in peace , the US government had committed itself to a firm military alliance . |
| 7 | An ecumenical jury took part in the international Berlin Film Festival for the first time in February this year . |
| 8 | A Creative and Performing Arts Panel , meeting for the first time in February of that year , became a Board , and from the outset was looking at proposals such as that from Middlesex Polytechnic for a BA and BA(Hons) in Performance Arts , an ambitious proposal which was greeted with reservations but encouragement , as was a proposal for such a degree in Creative Arts at Trent Polytechnic . |
| 9 | She smiled for the first time in hours . |
| 10 | Whatever you do , do n't miss Michael Jackson 's stunning 3D musical space show ‘ Captain EO ’ , presented for the first time in Europe by ‘ Star Wars ’ film producer George Lucas and ‘ Godfather ’ Director Francis Ford Coppola . |
| 11 | They were soon copied by the French , who developed formations of this kind on a large scale from the 1760s onwards , while light infantry were used for the first time in Europe by the Russians at the siege of Kolberg in 1761 . |
| 12 | A man has made medical history by having four organ transplants.In two operations he was given a new heart , two lungs and a kidney.It was the first time in Europe so many organs had been replaced successfully.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 13 | When everything had seemed to be sorting itself out , when the way ahead seemed , for the first time in ages , to be solid under her feet , Marie felt the path crumbling away in front of her . |
| 14 | Bronwen reported the next day that Owen had slept deeply for about six hours , and for the first time in ages had not woken up several times during the night to go to the toilet . |
| 15 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 16 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 17 | Behind the sunglasses her eyes closed and she slept — and for the first time in ages slept dreamlessly . |
| 18 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 19 | The internal Labour pressure group that will meet officially for the first time in Stirling aims to unite and organise women from both wings of the party as well as from the constituencies and trades unions . |
| 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 | If the answer turns out to be by a ‘ dock identification ’ ( i.e. the witness is identified for the first time in court ) then it must be remembered that this procedure is potentially so unfair to the accused that the court of trial retains a discretion to prevent it ( Horsham JJ. , ex p . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | SCOTLAND manager Andy Roxburgh yesterday named his side 48 hours in advance — for the first time in memory . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 . |
| 27 | For the first time in computer history , the US is to drop one of its standards , in favour of the International Standards Organisation 's ( ISO ) Graphic Kernel System ( GKS ) . |
| 28 | For the first time in decades , the nation has a chance to decide what to do with it . |
| 29 | The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . |
| 30 | FOR the first time in decades a litter of two ocelot kittens has been born at London Zoo . |