Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first time [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1989 annual report of the WHO , published on Sept. 25 , 1989 , contained for the first time comprehensive estimates of the overall incidence of disease in the world . |
| 2 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 3 | What is interesting is that for the first time individual patrols would have radio communication via jeep-mounted No. 11 radio sets , but in the event of breakdowns they would also each take two pigeons . |
| 4 | Will my hon. Friend commend as compulsory reading part of our proceedings in Committee when for the first time hon. Members listened for two or two and a half hours to — |
| 5 | An important aspect of the new Somali operation is that for the first time American soldiers have been prepared to serve under a non-American chief . |
| 6 | American troops made up over three quarters of the Allied forces : for the first time American soldiers were fighting their Axis enemies on the ground . |