Example sentences of "the [noun prp] for [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UGT on May 1 held parades and demonstrations jointly with the CCOO for the first time in many years . |
| 2 | In the interests of maintaining " fair competition " between public and private providers and the efficient use of capital , a system of capital charges was introduced into the NHS for the first time , and all hospitals were made responsible for meeting the interest and depreciation costs of their existing assets and new investment . |
| 3 | He had brought with him the completed manuscript of ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ , and read it to the Wordsworths for the first time , so tradition says , in one of the Alfoxden parlours . |
| 4 | In fact the Eliots travelled across the Atlantic for the second time in October ; when he stopped at Chicago to give a reading on his way to St Louis , a reporter noted that he " looked rather tired and smiled in a vague , undirected way " . |
| 5 | Pallister will play against the Boro for the first time , on February 26 , since his headline-hitting move three years ago . |
| 6 | Five new channels offering Digital Stereo Sound and , with the new D-Mac transmission system , improved picture quality will be available in the UK for the first time . |
| 7 | Unikix , the 18-month-old CICS-for-Unix product pioneered by Unicorn Systems Inc and now owned by Groupe Bull SA , is now being launched into the UK for the first time by Brentford , Middlesex-based Bull Information Systems Ltd . |
| 8 | We are immensely proud to be bringing it to the UK for the first time . |
| 9 | Each night during a 6-month working season , 40,000–60,000 km ( about 30,000–45,000 miles ) of drift-net is set in the North Pacific Ocean - enough to encircle the planet and cross the Pacific for a second time . |
| 10 | The ‘ Etruscans ’ exhibition , curated by Dr Francesco Buranelli of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum ( see p. 14 ) in the Vatican , brings to the US for the first time around 180 pieces from the Guglielmi Collection , including votive busts , cinerary urns , domestic items , gold jewellery , and bronzes such as the ‘ Putto Graziani ’ . |
| 11 | The tradition comes from the end of the 19th century when a succession of designers and craftsmen discoverd the Cotswolds for the first time . |
| 12 | Last weekend they won the HDM tournament in The Hague for the first time while Karen Brown , Mary Nevill , Sandy Lister and Tracy Fry were engaged on outdoor commitments . |
| 13 | On Oct. 17 , 1989 , the PAN voted with the PRI for the first time to pass an electoral reform bill . |
| 14 | On trying the TL for the first time , more than one recently deafened person has said with astonishment , ‘ The world has come alive again . ’ |
| 15 | Under the leadership of the acting chair Kyi Maung , the NLD contacted the SLORC for the first time on June 21 , requesting national reconciliation talks . |