Example sentences of "[be] the first time [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |
| 2 | If both Graf and Agassi were to succumb to their injuries , it would be the first time in the Open era that both reigning singles champions have not returned to defend their titles . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 4 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 5 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
| 6 | Yesterday 's bombs are thought to have been Semtex and it is the first time outside the capital that devices have been casually placed by the road side . |
| 7 | It is the first time in the history of this House that a petition has been presented accompanied by a demand . ’ |
| 8 | To the best of my knowledge , and there may be someone out there who knows better , it is the first time in the UK that a bike dealer has offered this service . |
| 9 | ‘ This is the first time in the history of higher education in Scotland that any lecturer has been threatened with compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 10 | That 's the first time for a couple of hours . |
| 11 | ‘ It was the first time with the woman I love . ’ |
| 12 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 13 | It was the first time during the Third Reich that a Führer speech had provoked such direct criticism in the reportage of upper civil servants . |
| 14 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
| 15 | It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents . |
| 16 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |
| 17 | The fact that it was the first time in the 20th century that either of the major parties had selected an all-southern election ticket reflected the widespread belief that only by recapturing support lost to the Republicans in the south could the Democrats hope to win the presidency . |
| 18 | The result represented a radical change in Liechtenstein politics since it was the first time in the principality 's history that a third party had been elected to parliament . |
| 19 | It was the first time in the tournament Graf had been extended to three sets , and the seven games Sabatini won in the second set were just one fewer than Graf had conceded in her four previous rounds . |
| 20 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |