Example sentences of "[num] for the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government troops had been landed on the north coast of Bougainville in April 1991 for the first time since being forced to withdrew from the territory in 1990 . |
| 2 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 3 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 4 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 5 | The Collective State Presidency , excluding the Slovene representative Janez Drnovsek , met on July 4 for the first time with Mesic as President [ see p. 38275 ] . |
| 6 | Earlier , there had been fighting at Mannar on Aug. 1 as the LTTE attacked an advancing troop convoy ; naval artillery was used against rebel positions on Aug. 3 for the first time since the resumption of large-scale fighting on June 11 ; and a major clash took place on Aug. 4-5 , involving the repulsing of an unsuccessful rebel attack against the Jaffna fort . |
| 7 | Group sales exceeded £10 billion for the first time as the Group served over ten million customers each week . |
| 8 | Britain 's current-account deficit shrank to £192m ( $377m ) in February ; the 12-month visible-trade deficit fell below $30 billion for the first time since mid-1988 . |
| 9 | Tokyo touched 26000 for the first time since last August . |
| 10 | Membership would entail the release of detailed information on the Soviet economy , and observers saw the publication of Gosbank ( Soviet State Bank ) accounts on July 16 for the first time since 1936 as the beginnings of this . |
| 11 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 12 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 13 | Hekmatyar 's most powerful rival in the mujaheddin , the northern-based Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ahmad Shah Massud ( known as the " Lion of Panjsher " for his victories over Soviet troops in the Panjsher Valley — see p. 36396 ) , visited Islamabad , the Pakistan capital , on Oct. 13 for the first time for more than 10 years , to meet other mujaheddin leaders and senior Pakistani civilian and military officials , including the Pakistani President , Ghulam Ishaq Khan , the Army Chief of Staff , Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg , and the ISI chief , Maj.-Gen. |
| 14 | The UN Security Council had reconvened on Feb. 13 for the first time since the outbreak of hostilities to review the progress of the conflict . |
| 15 | Iraqi authorities lifted the night-time curfew on Nov. 23 for the first time since the Aug. 2 invasion [ see pp. 37632-35 ] . |
| 16 | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia visited Kuwait on June 9 for the first time since the end of the Gulf war . |
| 17 | Also at North Weald , flying on September 9 for the first time in eighteen years was CM. 170 Magister G–FUGA in the hands of an Irish Air Corps test pilot from Baldonnel . |
| 18 | A one-point rise in Japan 's discount rate pushed Tokyo below 31,000 for the first time since January 1989 ; during the week it lost 5.6% . |
| 19 | The Christian Democratic People 's Party met in September 1989 for the first time in 40 years and elected a permanent leadership , claiming a membership of 3,000 . |
| 20 | And after scoring four for the first time in a European game , he said : ‘ I 'm proud and privileged to break such a great player 's record . |
| 21 | The line-up for the fourth Grand Slam Finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy reflects a mixture of old and new , as former champions Queen 's Club make the grade for the fourth time , whilst Royal Berkshire earn a place in the last four for the first time in their debut Trophy season . |
| 22 | Well , there are millions of people who are missing from electoral registers , who are people who are entitled to be registered and the problem is probably the greatest among those who are known as attainers and are qualifying for registration at eighteen for the first time in their lives , the numbers of attainers er qualifying has reduced percentage wise , year by year , especially since the introduction of the poll tax and has not been rectified by the measures that remove the poll tax . |
| 23 | As unemployment climbed above three million for the first time in six years , the latest figures showed our region has been hard hit by the recession . |
| 24 | Foreign Ministers from 34 countries participating in the Conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe ( CSCE ) met in Berlin on June 19-20 for the first time since the adoption in November 1990 of the Charter of Paris [ see p. 37838 ] . |
| 25 | ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade . |
| 26 | Tokyo rose above 21,000 for the first time since March last year , but it finished the week only 0.1% up . |
| 27 | The survey predicted that France would have lower inflation and higher growth than the OECD average in 1990 for the first time since 1970 , with retail price inflation expected to be 2.9 per cent and growth estimated at 3.1 per cent in 1990 . |
| 28 | The House will recall my Adjournment debate of 22 January 1991 following the publication in December 1990 for the first time of the annual report by Her Majesty 's inspector of constabulary , Mr. Geoffrey Dear . |