Example sentences of "meet [prep] the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
2 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
3 | It met for the first time on 25 February 1986 and includes representatives from the Departments of Transport , Environment , Employment , and Trade and Industry ; Kent County Council ; the district councils of ; elected members of Kent local authorities and Parliamentary constituencies ; Eurotunnel ; Transmanche Link ; and British Rail . |
4 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
5 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
6 | Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , in January [ see p. 38710 ] was formed on Feb. 13 under the chairmanship of Col. Mohammed al-Amin Khalifah ; it met for the first time on Feb. 24 in the building which formerly housed the National Assembly — the elected parliament overthrown by Bashir in June 1989 [ see p. 36728 ] . |
7 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
8 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
9 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
10 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
11 | When the new Parliament meets for the first time on Monday , April 27 , the first task facing MPs will be to choose a Speaker . |
12 | The working party meets for the first time in July when it will define the terms of reference of the study . |
13 | The agenda for the Environment Committee , meeting for the first time since 1985 , included a comprehensive review of environmental policymaking in the past three decades . |
14 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
15 | Meeting for the first time in Bonn in January ( see Nature 361 , 576 ; 1993 ) , the councils are trying to make EC-supported international research programmes more efficient and have scheduled a meeting in London in October to discuss the issue . |
16 | Meeting for the first time in private on Nov. 4 the Premier , Gen. Hau Pei-tsun , and legislators from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) , agreed to ease political confrontation in the Legislative Yuan or parliament , the scene of considerable violence in recent months [ or DPP filibustering attempts in legislature see p. 38531 ] . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) . |
19 | Early in 1914 , the Board felt it advisable to appoint a House Committee to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the Institution , and the committee met for the first time on 28th April with Mr. W. T. Lansberry in the chair . |
20 | The joint ministerial committee with Ethiopia , formed as a result of an agreement between the two countries in April 1988 to improve bilateral relations [ see p. 36006 ] , met for the first time on Dec. 4-7 , 1989 , in Mogadishu . |
21 | Hungary 's Országgyülés ( National Assembly ) , elected in March and April [ see pp. 37325-26 ; 37380 ] , met for the first time on May 2-3 . |
22 | The new Cabinet met for the first time on June 12 and Shamir attempted to head off Arab-led calls for a special UN Security Council team to visit the West Bank and Gaza [ see p. 37443 ] by proposing that a UN envoy , Jean-Claude Aimé , should visit the area in their place . |
23 | When the new Assembly met for the first time on Sept. 24 , seven opposition members refused to take their seats , claiming that the election had been rigged . |
24 | The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg . |
25 | The committee met for the first time on August 12 , to define its aims and draw up a policy programme for the future . |
26 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
27 | Dozens of children who survived a rare blood disorder have met for the first time at a special party . |
28 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
29 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
30 | The High Authority met for the first time in the autumn of 1952 , and immediately set about trying to turn the principles of the Treaty of Paris into practical results . |