Example sentences of "[art] first time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the fourth rise in German interest rates this year and the first time for several years that they have risen by a full percentage point . |
| 2 | Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist . |
| 3 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 4 | He started typing and found himself enjoying it for the first time for years . |
| 5 | The NRA will introduce legally binding water quality standards for the first time for all types of water under its control ( rivers , canals and estuaries ) . |
| 6 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 7 | He managed to stay off alcohol because for the first time for a very long time he was truly afraid . |
| 8 | The next morning , 21 January , the tent was wet with dew , the first time for weeks . |
| 9 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 10 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 11 | For the first time for a long while , Corbett felt wanted and warmed to these simple yet sophisticated men so bound up in their own routine of prayer , work and study that they regarded any visitor as a visible sign of God 's grace . |
| 12 | When John Smith takes over , it will be the first time for 12 years that the right wing has openly held Labour 's leadership . |
| 13 | He said it took about a month to get all the alcohol out of your system but once you 'd done it , and this was his main point , you suddenly realise that , for the first time for years , you can see the world like it really is . ’ |
| 14 | It may also be relevant that the terrorist bombing campaign appeared , for the first time for some years , to be targeting shopping areas directly , as well as widening the net outside London . |
| 15 | There was a certain rapprochement though , as Mary came down with her things in the back-pack Rufus had lent her and wearing jeans and a pair of sandals for the first time for days . |
| 16 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 17 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 18 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 19 | That 's the first time for a couple of hours . |
| 20 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 21 | In the nadir of the recession in 1981 the strongest brand name was removed from the recruitment advertising pages and became , for the first time for 20 years , an unseen operator . |
| 22 | ‘ Neither does anyone else , but of course Graham 's furious now that he 's started winning , because for the first time for years he could have set up some good contracts — and not least collected some commission on the bonuses paid by Hi-Flight . ’ |
| 23 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 24 | For the first time for many hundreds of years both countries are able to feed themselves . |
| 25 | Jimmy Carter 's presidency , like that of Gerald Ford , began on an optimistic note with commentators deriving satisfaction from the fact that for the first time for eight years president and Congress would be in the hands of the same party . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Because of the way he was looking , his parted lips , his wondering eyes , she felt desire , a flicker of it , the first sign , the first time for months , a movement like a string being plucked where she thought her womb was . |
| 28 | Financial compensation became available for the first time for criminal injuries ; the community service order raised hopes as an alternative to custody ; and an elaborate system of parole , later greatly expanded , was instituted . |
| 29 | This disenfranchising policy will be taken a stage further in the political domain , with the linking for the first time for fifty years of the right to vote with the payment of contributions to local government exchequers . |
| 30 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |