Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] first time [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 2 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 3 | The UK government has for the first time ruled out the award of oil and gas exploration licences in certain areas on environmental grounds . |
| 4 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 5 | Delegations attending for the first time came from Cambodia , Egypt ( with 250,000 French-speakers ) , Bulgaria ( with 350,000 ) , and Romania ( with 1,100,000 ) . |
| 6 | Although this amounted to little more than a restatement of previously-agreed policies , including the Clean Air Act of 1990 [ see ED no 41/42 ] and the planned phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons , it did for the first time set a tentative target , suggesting that emissions of greenhouse gases in the year 2000 would be " equal to 1987 levels " . |
| 7 | The deputy chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq , Robert Galucci , said in Bahrain on Jan. 14 that Iraq had for the first time admitted " pursuing a production-scale centrifuge enrichment programme rather than simply a research programme " , after UN inspectors confronted Iraqi officials with evidence supplied by Germany showing the involvement of German firms in this programme . |
| 8 | South African authorities have for the first time permitted Mr Nelson Mandela to talk by telephone with exiled leaders of the African National Congress from the prison where he is held near Cape Town . |
| 9 | For instance , we are well-used to integrating vocational assessments in care , but for the general SVQ we have for the first time found it necessary to set up meetings with colleagues delivering modules in numeracy , information technology and budget financing . |
| 10 | Scientists at La Jolla University , California , have for the first time established a link between nitrous oxide and the nylon industry . |