Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [be] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 2 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 3 | This may be the first time there has been a broad comparison of two fairly " complete " catalogue systems which are also internally quite similar ( the present writer had a hand in the design of both of them ) with the same users in the same library . |
| 4 | This must be the first time anybody has been profiled in current editions of both Climber & Hill Walker and Homes & Gardens . |
| 5 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 6 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 7 | This would be the first time that Japan 's ‘ self-defence ’ forces had operated far from home . |
| 8 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 9 | This will be the first time that an introduction to the range of MEDIA initiatives will have taken place in the city . |
| 10 | This will be the first time that the chief of the US central bank , effectively head-keeper of the capitalist conscience , has visited the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | Whilst the company is well known for its handmade clay plain tiles , this will be the first time it has ventured into the expanding machine-made clay plain tile market . |
| 12 | THIS will be the first time SummerSlam has been seen outside the USA and the leading WWF superstars will be in the ring in the centre of Wembley . |
| 13 | This will be the first time SummerSlam has been seen outside the USA . |
| 14 | Sistelcom general manager Jesus Prieto said that this will be the first time that a radio-paging service has used satellite for the transmission of messages . |
| 15 | And he added , ‘ This will be the first time Ah 've visited the country , but havin' read Prescott myself Ah do n't think Ah 'm goin' to like the Spaniards and what they and the mestizos have done to it . ’ |
| 16 | Even then this will be the first time a draft will have been presented to Council . |
| 17 | May was saying , ‘ This will be the first time in years that Lucy and Jim and the bairns have n't spent New Year 's Eve with us . |
| 18 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 19 | Co-driver Stefano Sebastiani owns his own Ferrari , but this will be the first time he 's driven one on the race track on one of the world 's most demanding circuits . |
| 20 | This will be the first time they have spoken in public since Mr McEvoy , 50 , was found gunned down in the driveway of his home in Greta Avenue , Hartlepool , on May 23 . |
| 21 | This will be the first time Bamert has conducted the work — ‘ the RSNO think I suggested it , and I think they did ’ — exactly ten years to the month since he made his debut with the then Scottish National Orchestra . |
| 22 | This will be the first time that the conference has visited the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | They have been frequently invited to international festivals , but this will be the first time they have visited our own festival — we have been waiting patiently in a very long queue ! |
| 24 | This will be the first time that his work has come to Belfast and the two works he has chosen will show two of his greatest strengths — Shakespeare and the musical . |