Example sentences of "[be] the first time [prep] the " 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 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is the first time in the history of this House that a petition has been presented accompanied by a demand . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the first time in the history of higher education in Scotland that any lecturer has been threatened with compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It was the first time with the woman I love . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | , 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 . |