Example sentences of "was the first time [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time that a US Secretary of State held official talks with East German leaders on their own territory , underlining Washington fears that a collapse of the East German reform process could imperil developments throughout Eastern Europe . |
| 2 | This was the first time that a criminal prosecution had been taken out against the British nuclear industry . |
| 3 | It was the first time that a high level meeting of that kind had taken place . |
| 4 | Lancaster himself , of course , was much the most significant of those who were executed : it was the first time that a man of such high rank had been put to death for rebellion against the king . |
| 5 | This was the first time that a Conservative MP had publicly urged the government to abolish the zero rate of BAT since the before the last General Election when , in a letter to the Publishers Association , the Conservative Party said that it would not impose VAT on books or periodicals . |
| 6 | I think that was the first time that a chill hit Mala too , for she seemed to grow a little pale . |
| 7 | It was the first time that a senior Iranian official had visited Iraq since the Iranian revolution of 1979 . |
| 8 | It was the first time that a foreign tourist had been killed since the start of the intifada in 1987 . |
| 9 | It was the first time that a veto had been overridden in the state in the 20th century . |
| 10 | This was the first time that a member of the military had been tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in 11 years of civil war marked by accusations of government-sanctioned torture , kidnapping and murder . |
| 11 | This was the first time that a powerful Hong Kong organization had openly backed the Chinese side in the dispute . |
| 12 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 13 | This was the first time that the health service had ever been asked to make staff economies . |
| 14 | This was the first time that the nuclear industry had admitted at a public inquiry that the electricity from one of its future reactors would be more expensive than the output from an equivalent coal-fired station . |
| 15 | It was the first time that the men 's and women 's championships had been combined and I think that Marea Hartmann , the Secretary , was trying to drum up publicity for her side of the event . |
| 16 | This was the first time that the audit fee had been put out to tender but finance director Trevor Larman says : ‘ Whether it 's diesel fuel or trucks , we will always seek a quote . ’ |
| 17 | It was the first time that the chubby presenter , the ravages of drink clear in the dark bags under his eyes , had ever gone so far and admitted in public his total dependence . |
| 18 | It was the first time that the national team had ever trained in a black area . |
| 19 | This purchase of a ‘ shell ’ company was the first time that the manoeuvre had been executed and the first time that a bookmaking company had been floated on the Stock Exchange . |
| 20 | This was the first time that the government had confirmed that all votes would be of equal value ; de Klerk did not specify , however , whether there would be a common voters ' roll or separate rolls . |
| 21 | It was the first time that the award had been made to a Communist head of state . |
| 22 | It was the first time that the USA had officially sponsored negotiations between the two sides , although talks mediated by former US President Jimmy Carter had been held in September and November 1989 [ see pp. 36886-87 ; 37034-35 . ] . |
| 23 | The riots were put down by the Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) , with support from Serbia , in an apparent rebuttal of the Croatian authorities ; observers noted that this was the first time that the JNA , whose officer corps was dominated by ethnic Serbs , had been used to put down violence outside Serbia itself . |
| 24 | It was the first time that the government had simultaneously formulated a 10-year programme and a five-year plan [ see p. 37917 for adoption of plan and programme guidelines at seventh CCP plenum held in December 1990 ; see p. 38097 for report on seventh five-year plan ] . |
| 25 | It was the first time that the possibility of the murderer 's being a woman had occurred to Melissa and the realisation came as a shock . |
| 26 | It was the first time that the possibility of his wife 's falling in love with anybody had occurred to him and he was horrified . ’ |
| 27 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 28 | It was the first time that an artist had taken the company to court . |
| 29 | Karadjordje had previously received support from local assemblies which had been convened at his request , but this was the first time that an embryonic , partly elected government of Serbia had come into existence . |
| 30 | It was the first time that an organization rather than a country had been allowed to join a UN organization . |