Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [art] first time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 2 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 3 | This was the first time that the health service had ever been asked to make staff economies . |
| 4 | This was the first time that a criminal prosecution had been taken out against the British nuclear industry . |
| 5 | This was the first time that the nuclear industry had admitted at a public inquiry that the electricity from one of its future reactors would be more expensive than the output from an equivalent coal-fired station . |
| 6 | Fawcett says that he had noticed scraps of similar material in earlier test runs on the apparatus , but this was the first time that he drew it to Gibson 's attention . |
| 7 | This was the first time that everyone else on the station at that time became aware of the danger , and they could only watch helplessly as the child stood petrified with fright between the rails . |
| 8 | But this was the first time that he showed an interest . |
| 9 | She had only passed her driving test after her marriage and this was the first time that she had driven unaccompanied by night . |
| 10 | This was the first time that the audit fee had been put out to tender but finance director Trevor Larman says : ‘ Whether it 's diesel fuel or trucks , we will always seek a quote . ’ |
| 11 | This was the first time that he had been past the big covered back porch of her house , and everything was new and interesting . |
| 12 | She was excited because this was the first time that de Levantiére had followed the New Look that was capturing the world but was still hard to come by in England because of clothes rationing . |
| 13 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 14 | This proved a great success , not least because this was the first time that paintings by Jackson Pollock had been exhibited in Europe . |
| 15 | However , there were many instances cited where GPs felt that they could not ‘ help ’ users even when this was the first time that they had sought it . |
| 16 | This was the first time that Smith and Wilson had met . |
| 17 | This was the first time that anyone had spoken so angrily to Colin , and he was shocked . |
| 18 | Karadjordje had previously received support from local assemblies which had been convened at his request , but this was the first time that an embryonic , partly elected government of Serbia had come into existence . |
| 19 | This was the first time that a Conservative MP had publicly urged the government to abolish the zero rate of BAT since the before the last General Election when , in a letter to the Publishers Association , the Conservative Party said that it would not impose VAT on books or periodicals . |
| 20 | And erm this was the first time that I 'd ever been sort of as far afield into the country as this , and to go and see the erm er Toll Bridge at , that was , and top go over it , because it was a long wooden bridge that used to go over , and er we thought that was absolutely fantastic . |
| 21 | Ted was having trouble picking out a shirt ; his sister had given him a couple of new ones last Christmas , but this was the first time that he 'd really had to study them with regard to presentability . |
| 22 | This was the first time that employees and their partners , including those in the field , had got together socially . |
| 23 | This was the first time that I have heard the Minister quote figures with any satisfaction . |
| 24 | This was the first time that the government had confirmed that all votes would be of equal value ; de Klerk did not specify , however , whether there would be a common voters ' roll or separate rolls . |
| 25 | This was the first time that China had indicated its willingness unilaterally to halt the supply of arms to Cambodia . |
| 26 | An estimated 1,600 rural workers and union leaders were reported to have been murdered in the Amazonian region over the last decade but this was the first time that any substantial landowner had been brought to trial . |
| 27 | The riots were put down by the Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) , with support from Serbia , in an apparent rebuttal of the Croatian authorities ; observers noted that this was the first time that the JNA , whose officer corps was dominated by ethnic Serbs , had been used to put down violence outside Serbia itself . |
| 28 | This was the first time that a member of the military had been tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in 11 years of civil war marked by accusations of government-sanctioned torture , kidnapping and murder . |
| 29 | This was the first time that any part of the English-speaking Caribbean region had attempted political integration since the dissolution of the West Indies Federation in May 1962 [ see p. 18813 ] . |
| 30 | Nomura 's president , Setsuya Tabuchi , had already resigned in June 1991 in connection with allegations of dealings with gangsters , but this was the first time that actual criminal activities had been alleged against the company . |