Example sentences of "that [prep] the first time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen .
2 I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community .
3 They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom .
4 Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall .
5 Does he also admit that for the first time in the history of the national health service , waiting lists for day patients and in-patients combined have risen above 900,000 people ?
6 It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court .
7 And I think a significant point is that for the first time in ninety three we were likely to take something in , in relation to B Sky B.
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