Example sentences of "its [noun] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 2 | The completed cycle was screened in its entirety for the first time at the Venice Festival this autumn . |
| 3 | The music ranges from the familiar to the unknown — from an early opera played in its entirety for the first time to a unique performance of The Messiah where you can actually join in the singing . |
| 4 | This trailblazing series is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery in its entirety for the first time since 1935 , together with more conventional colour portraits of John Gielgud , Vivien Leigh , the Mountbattens and Lisa Maugham , and black-and-white work from the later years . |
| 5 | This material has recently ( 1978 ) been published in its entirety for the first time , but many problems remain unsolved — or insoluble . |
| 6 | To keep market share , IBM has just cut prices on its PCs for the third time this year . |
| 7 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 8 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 9 | When the Reading Room opened its doors for the first time in the city of St Louis , Missouri , it became the world 's first literary brothel . |
| 10 | Foxhall Stadium opens its doors for the first time on Sunday ( 2.30 pm ) with the Bangers and new formula stock cars . |
| 11 | The Irish counterpart to a London rock landmark , will open its doors for the first time in the Temple Bar area of Dublin in early December . |
| 12 | The Town Cinema opens its doors for the first time in more than thirty years tonight . |
| 13 | A new club which aims to give homeless and unemployed people what could be their only good meal of the day has opened its doors for the first time . |
| 14 | The manufacture of pins continued at Frogmarsh until 4 May 1934 , when the company closed its doors for the last time . |
| 15 | The Frank Cooper Marmalade Shop , which forever linked the name Oxford with marmalade , is closing its doors for the last time . |
| 16 | A hospital for pensioners that opened almost a hundred years ago is about to close its doors for the last time . |
| 17 | Eleven people will lose their jobs when the slaughter house closes its doors for the last time on November 26 . |
| 18 | But today it closes its doors for the last time . |
| 19 | How one charity helps another The Goodwill charity shop in Court Arcade , Darlington , closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday after four years of fund-raising for a children 's village in India . |
| 20 | EMPLOYEES of Courtaulds Fibres , Canada , gathered for a Christmas party in December , just weeks after the viscose rayon plant closed its doors for the last time . |