Example sentences of "[be] the first time [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed to be the first time that prospective officers have sought election on a collective basis . |
| 2 | This is the first time that Western technology has been integrated with Soviet-designed reactors . |
| 3 | This is the first time that strict position-independent , copy number-dependent expression has been shown for a mouse gene in a transgenic mouse model , and these mice now provide a source of a stably-integrated transgene of immunological importance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was the first time that 36-year-old Gilbey had been seen in public since being named as the man on the phone in the love-tapes scandal . |
| 6 | It was the first time that FAB 3 , a new high-technology lifeboat prototype entered the water . |