Example sentences of "[art] first time that [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 This is believed to be the first time that a court of law in any country has declared that scientific evidence establishes cause and effect between exposure to smoke and certain diseases .
4 This is the first time that a Japanese firm has entrusted the manufacture of high technology consumer electronics equipment to a British firm .
5 Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table .
6 The training of the vernacular clergy had been in the hands of Arthur Dilworth , the first time that a missionary had been completely set aside for this important task .
7 It 's not the first time that a link has been made between erupting volcanoes and the weather .
8 The recommendation will be put by the ITF 's Rules of Tennis Committee to the Committee of Management in Paris in June and if accepted , it will travel to the Dominican Republic in September for presentation to the ITF Annual General Meeting , where , if it receives a ⅔ majority from delegates in attendance , it will become the first time that a new rule has been introduced since 1989 , when the tie break was standardised .
9 It was the first time that a high level meeting of that kind had taken place .
10 Sistelcom general manager Jesus Prieto said that this will be the first time that a radio-paging service has used satellite for the transmission of messages .
11 It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose .
12 This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way .
13 It is the first time that a country has ever won three successive Test matches , each against a different country ( in this case West Indies , Sri Lanka and New Zealand ) .
14 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 .
15 But this is also the first time that a young doctor takes on daily clinical responsibility for patients ' care , and in reality the service element provided by preregistration house officers underpins the medical care provided in many of our hospitals .
16 It is , in the words of its financial adviser Sohei Nakayama of the Industrial Bank of Japan , the project 's main financiers , ‘ the first time that a corporation has decided to found and manage a whole city ’ .
17 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 .
18 This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way .
19 But it 's not the first time that a procedure 's
20 It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm .
21 I think that was the first time that a chill hit Mala too , for she seemed to grow a little pale .
22 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 .
23 The United Nations ' mediator , Diego Cordovez , admitted for the first time that a Geneva agreement on a Soviet troop withdrawal would only be the starting point for a settlement .
24 It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role .
25 It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’
26 The anniversary report is the first time that a British Government have subjected their own implementation of its policies to such public scrutiny .
27 It was the first time that a senior Iranian official had visited Iraq since the Iranian revolution of 1979 .
28 It was the first time that a foreign tourist had been killed since the start of the intifada in 1987 .
29 It was the first time that a veto had been overridden in the state in the 20th century .
30 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 .
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