Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 2 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 3 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 4 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 5 | The Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) won 28 per cent and 26 seats , the right-wing National Conciliation Party ( PCN ) 9 per cent and nine seats and the left-wing Democratic Convergence ( CD ) 12.2 per cent and eight seats , although earlier estimates had suggested that the CD , which took part for the first time in a legislative election , had overtaken the PCN into third place . |
| 6 | Clearly , we have made great progress in bringing inflation under control and we shall soon have a lower rate of inflation than Germany for the first time in a generation . |
| 7 | And yesterday it emerged that Britain 's inflation rate of 4.1pc had fallen below that of Germany for the first time in 25 years . |
| 8 | Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years . |
| 9 | Some of these activities related to institutional developments ( for example , on diversification ) , others to new ways of approaching familiar ground ( for example , on school experience ) , others to new approaches to the packaging of knowledge and its applications ( for example , a conference on communication studies held in 1978 ) , others to the representation of existing activities for the first time in higher education ( for example , in the creative and performing arts ) , and yet others on the mechanics of the CNAA 's own work in validating courses and seeking to assure standards ( for example , a conference on the role of external examiners held in October 1978 ) . |
| 10 | CLIVE ALLEN scored twice , but Trevor Morley was sent off as European football last night returned to Upton Park for the first time in 11 years . |
| 11 | Another was the last goal he scored for us , on 30 September 1967 when , in front of a record crowd for a League fixture of 30,006 , Terry struck the only goal of the match against QPR , to put the Palace on top of the 2nd Division for the first time in our history . |
| 12 | John Sewell has a unique claim to a place in any gallery of Palace heroes , because he was the popular and talented skipper of the team which took our club into the 1st Division for the first time in its history , back in 1969 . |
| 13 | North-East football joined in the celebrations with Newcastle United victorious at Leicester City ending any lingering doubts they might drop into the Third Division for the first time in their illustrious history . |
| 14 | The prospect of playing in the Premier Division for the first time in the decade which has elapsed since he played for Rangers has put a spring in the striker 's step . |
| 15 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 16 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 17 | BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck . |
| 18 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |
| 19 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 20 | DES Walker has been dropped by Graham Taylor for the first time in 36 games as the England manager fights for World Cup survival against Poland tomorrow . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 22 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 23 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 24 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 25 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 26 | Fears of recession which heightened the perception of silver as an industrial metal and heavy over-supply over an extended period , caused prices to plummet to below $4.00 a troy ounce in mid-December for the first time in fifteen years . |
| 27 | In response to Air Ministry Specification R14/24 calling for a large , long-range flying-boat , Blackburn Aircraft ventured into this field for the first time in 1924 with their RB.1 Iris ( Blackburn 's previous flying-boat experience had been with the diminutive N.1B and Pellet single-seat designs ) . |
| 28 | The UGT on May 1 held parades and demonstrations jointly with the CCOO for the first time in many years . |
| 29 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 30 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |