Example sentences of "[adj] be the first time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 2 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
| 3 | ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer . |
| 4 | IT IS understood that this is the first time a former LMS type has been on the line and follows the successful hire of former GWR 2-8-0 3822 by the WSR this year . |
| 5 | This is the first time a Black Ark has ever been sunk and marks the beginning of the High Elves ' naval ascendancy over their dark kindred . |
| 6 | The Committee believes that this is the first time a group of solicitors , experts in their field , have considered the legal feasibility of an anti-discrimination law to help people with disabilities work . |
| 7 | This is the first time a high street fast food chain has linked up with a theme park . |
| 8 | this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation |
| 9 | This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders . |
| 10 | IN referring to the Chilean Order of Merit awarded to Mr Harold Pinter , Mandrake ( March 29 ) stated that this is the first time the honour has been bestowed upon a playwright or , indeed , upon an ‘ intellectual ’ of any description . |
| 11 | This is the first time the ABRC 's report has not been made public in recent years . |
| 12 | However , Mr Leeder said : ‘ Quite honestly I do n't hold out much hope , but this is the first time the church has agreed to visit us . |
| 13 | If this is the first time the guest has used the hotel a guest history card is sometimes created ( see Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 14 | And Amelia McLean , a compositor who played a leading role in the women 's opposition in 1910 , said in a letter to the Evening News : " This is the first time the women have heard that the employers want to reserve monotypes for women . |
| 15 | This is the first time the tactic has been used , effectively creating a barrier between the residents at risk and the revellers . |
| 16 | This is the first time the conference has been held in Stoke-on-Trent and is especially significant to Wedgwood since the Moat House incorporates Etruria Hall , the home of Josiah I. A Wedgwood stand and demonstrator will be on display at the conference . |
| 17 | Note also that the priority field defaults to Routine , if this is the first time the DC has been updated . |
| 18 | This is the first time the kid 's been out so long . |
| 19 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 20 | This is the first time the 'chutes have been used in Britain since the fire . |
| 21 | And the Scots have every right to feel a ‘ wee bit peeved ’ at Montgomery Pipe Band , as this is the first time the overall championship trophy has gone outside the Highlands . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that this was the first time a summer pavilion had been adapted from a Greek temple . |
| 23 | This was the first time a Social Work Department in Scotland had come under such public fire for the same reasons . |
| 24 | The Commission , in setting the level of the fine , took into account , as it had with the shipping fine , the fact that this was the first time a fine had been imposed in this particular sector . |
| 25 | This was the first time a fully operational power plant had been decommissioned . |
| 26 | This was the first time a company had been invited to give a product demonstration at the centre and were keen to present the merits of their product . |
| 27 | This was the first time the phrase Scenic Land Cruise had been used by a train operator — but it certainly was not the last . |
| 28 | This was the first time the impunity of the police had been challenged in Guatemala . |
| 29 | In 1655 an expedition was sent out to attack Hispaniola ( San Domingo ) ; this was the first time the English government had sent a naval expedition to seize the colonies of another European nation , and lack of experience led to lack of success . |
| 30 | This was the first time the meeting had been held in Asia , and representatives of the 25 American countries participating — including Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , who was of Japanese parentage — reportedly regarded the meeting as an important forum for encouraging Japanese trade and investment links with the region . |