Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first time have " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , on the strength of findings by a joint historical commission formed in 1987 to resolve " blank spots " in Polish-Soviet relations , in March 1989 the Polish authorities for the first time had contradicted the official Soviet line and had openly accused the Soviet Union of responsibility [ see p. 36535 ] . |
| 2 | A new leaflet aimed at young people starting work for the first time has been produced by the Inland Revenue . |
| 3 | It 'll change as you get older erm you wo n't necessarily just have that all the time we used to run these courses for students who had just come out of college and they were joining their company to work for the first first time and we used to do this and we used to find that many of the people who had just taken out the job for the first time had very very flat scores . |
| 4 | Pedro Campos , project manager said , ‘ We are aware that a country going into the America 's Cup for the first time has never done well , but at the same time we are going there to win ; no-one knows about the class . ’ |
| 5 | In the guerilla areas of El Salvador , the peasants for the first time have the chance to administer their own lives and here they have set up elected councils , along with health and education programs and they organise production ( Pearce 1986 ) . |
| 6 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |