Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first year since he became leader of his party six years ago that Mr Kinnock was relieved of his preoccupation with an ungovernable party and was able to turn his attention properly to the government of the country . |
| 2 | The US-Canada free trade accord came under severe political scrutiny in the first year since its ratification [ see p. 36426 ] . |
| 3 | This is the first year since Greenpeace 's foundation 21 years ago in which contributions — all of which come from individuals — have failed to rise . |
| 4 | While celebrating the first occasion since the Spanish occupation of 1571 on which foreign troops had not been based in the Philippines , the country 's President , Fidel Ramos , expressed the hope that his country could develop " even stronger ties with the USA " following the withdrawal . |
| 5 | Announced to the Federal Assembly on Dec. 28 by Federal Premier Ante Markovic , this was the first devaluation since his government had introduced at the beginning of 1990 a convertible dinar pegged to the deutschmark [ see p. 37194 ] . |
| 6 | This was the first devaluation since the introduction of the " big bang " economic reforms in January 1990 . |
| 7 | Going from there to , and that 's a sort of history of where things have happened over the previous four mon four months , to expectations about output this is the first survey since the recession began in which all regions , mainland regions of the U K say that they expect output to increase over the coming four months . |
| 8 | It was the first holiday since their short honeymoon in York so that Stephen , too , was eagerly anticipating the break from the routine of business . |
| 9 | It 's the first change since the L-test started in 1935 . |
| 10 | Given its immediately appealing lyricism and lucid textures , it is extraordinary to report that Nagano 's is the first recording since the composer 's own ( made in 1966 and part of the Sony Classical Complete Edition ) . |
| 11 | The first entry since Elsie 's disappearance was on February the eleventh the next year , 1935 . |
| 12 | It even seems possible that Mushtaq 's idol , Abdul Qadir , the first leg-spinner since Chandrasekhar to take more than 200 Test wickets , will also tour . |
| 13 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 14 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 15 | MOTHERWELL climbed to the top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time since League reconstruction 14 years ago with a 1-0 win over Rangers at Fir Park last night . |
| 16 | The new policy will drop , for the first time since its introduction in the early Eighties , a presumption in favour of house-building at the expense of other conservation considerations . |
| 17 | Now , for the first time since the early Seventies the left has no power to tether the leadership on anything significant . |
| 18 | It is certainly the first time since Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979 that Labour has ended its conference with the Conservatives on the defensive . |
| 19 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 20 | 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago . |
| 21 | More immediately delightful , she saw Nelson Mandela , an intimate friend of her youth , for the first time since he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 . |
| 22 | For the first time since he was a professor at Cambridge , he began to hope , though with modesty , that he might be chosen for the work . |
| 23 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
| 24 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 25 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 26 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 27 | It was the first time since her death that he had been able to think of it with anything like acceptance . |
| 28 | Returning to Moscow at the age of 52 , for the first time since he left to live in London 26 years ago , Ashkenazy said : ‘ In my modest way , I thought I could endorse what 's happening in my country . ’ |
| 29 | Tens of thousands of East Berliners streamed to the West , unhindered for the first time since the Wall was put up 28 years ago . |
| 30 | For the first time since the survey was started six years ago , retailers , wholesalers and companies in the motor trade expect to cut investment in the coming year . |