Example sentences of "[num ord] year for [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With the bursting of the bubble , land prices fell last year for the first time in 17 years .
2 Last year for the first time there were European dressage titles in two categories : Werth won the conventional Special , while Rothenberger took the freestyle .
3 IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March .
4 The under-21s are more even highly-fancied to retain the national title , which they won last year for the first time by beating Nottinghamshire in the final .
5 Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back .
6 Last year for the first time , Nuclear Electric was able to operate the Dungeness B nuclear power station at over 1200MWe , largely thanks to an AEA computer-based reactor protection system .
7 Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks .
8 FRENCH exports of wines and spirits fell last year for the first time in 20 years as recession caught up with one of the country 's proudest industries .
9 I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything .
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