Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] the first time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . |
| 2 | This would be the first time that Japan 's ‘ self-defence ’ forces had operated far from home . |
| 3 | The planned drinks party would be the first time that the Hamiltons had had guests since their party back at the end of August , and the artist was happy and excited about the event . |
| 4 | This will be the first time that an introduction to the range of MEDIA initiatives will have taken place in the city . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |
| 7 | It will be the first time that he and the Princess of Wales have attended together as the principal guests . |
| 8 | It will be the first time that politicians from Eastern Europe have been to dinner in the Speaker 's apartments . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Marion Cross , of the Centre for Continuing Education at Liverpool University , which is organising the event with the Maritime museum said : ‘ The digital link will be the first time that the Jason project will be seen in Europe . ’ |
| 11 | This will be the first time that the conference has visited the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | 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 . |