Example sentences of "[be] the first time [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When John Smith takes over , it will be the first time for 12 years that the right wing has openly held Labour 's leadership . |
| 2 | It will be the first time in 15 years that an England tour party has not included one of the celebrated trio , who between them have appeared in 298 Test matches . |
| 3 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
| 4 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 5 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
| 6 | This is the first time since 1969 that we 've had them on site . |
| 7 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 8 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 9 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 10 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |
| 11 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It is the first time in thousands of holidays that we have lost any clients . ’ |
| 13 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 14 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 15 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
| 16 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 17 | It was the first time since 1966 that the FT , the paper serving businessmen and the City , had failed to endorse the Conservatives . |
| 18 | This was the first time since 1948 that the entire Legislative Yuan had been elected , and the first time ever that it had been elected entirely within Taiwan . |
| 19 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
| 20 | It was the first time since 1895 the election of the Speaker had been the subject of a division . |
| 21 | It was the first time at any level England have lost to Turkey and the warning for Graham Taylor on the eve of tonight 's World Cup qualifier at Wembley rang out loud and clear . |
| 22 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 23 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
| 24 | The trial of Mr Subono and Mr Nugroho was the first time in many years that the law was used to try ‘ leftists ’ rather than Muslim activists . |
| 25 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |
| 26 | It was the first time in more than quarter of a century that the socialists had been returned to power . |
| 27 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |