Example sentences of "this [be] the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 2 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 3 | This is the first time since its formation in 1935 that the association has organised a trespass as part of its campaign . |
| 4 | This is the first time since 1969 that we 've had them on site . |
| 5 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 6 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 7 | Nelson , dismissed for complaining about a tackle by Derek Mountfield , said : ‘ I 've played more than 550 games and this is the first time in my career I 've been sent off . |
| 8 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 9 | This is the first time in my working life I have to go to the family to ask them for money . |
| 10 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 11 | This is the first time in which such a virus has been found in amphibians . |
| 12 | This is the first time in Britain … possibly in Europe that this legislation has been used for enforcement in this way |
| 13 | ‘ This is the first time in the history of higher education in Scotland that any lecturer has been threatened with compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 14 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 15 | Owen had the impression that this was the first time for her , as it certainly was n't for the other two . |
| 16 | This was the first time since 1948 that the entire Legislative Yuan had been elected , and the first time ever that it had been elected entirely within Taiwan . |
| 17 | A rifleman hit two men crouching near the Colonel , who later wrote that ‘ this was the first time in warfare that I truly felt fear . |
| 18 | This was the first time in my life that I had lived in deep country , without easy access to shops , transport and people I knew . |
| 19 | This was the first time in history that a trade union banner had been borne aloft in a great military and naval display . |
| 20 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 21 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |