Example sentences of "the first occasion [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That was the first occasion when I saw my exercising as an irritating use of time , because it got in the way of our friendship . |
| 3 | This was the first occasion when I experienced the disillusion of actually seeing a place I had come to love through a poem — that had been , in Drinkwater 's phrase , ‘ lissom in a dream ’ . |
| 4 | The Big Bang may have encouraged a greater familiarity among companies with search firms , simply because it was the first occasion when they had called on their services , often reluctantly and as a last resort . |
| 5 | This is the first occasion when one of Palazzo Grassi 's exhibitions has been so closely linked with a Venetian public institution . |
| 6 | It is also important because , as the coordinator of the exhibition , the Soprintendente Giovanna Nepi Sciré said , ‘ This is the first occasion when one of Palazzo Grassi 's [ owned and administered by Fiat ] exhibitions has been so closely linked to Venetian public institutions . |
| 7 | The plaintiff objected to paying the tolls , and on the first occasion when he did so the owner seized his goods . |
| 8 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 9 | It is tempting to see this as the first occasion when the judges insisted on independence on this principle . |
| 10 | just remind members by er , way of introduction that this is the the first occasion when the external auditor has been er invited to answer questions and make points on the management er er , letter to the full committee . |
| 11 | He had already been to quite a number of shows where he competed in halter classes ; but this wag the first occasion where he was ridden in a saddle class . |