Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We appreciate what a stumbling block this can be and will lend you 100% as a first time buyer . |
| 2 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 3 | Finally , we should note the healthy expansion in the number of women candidates — exceeding 25% for the first time in the metropolitan authorities . |
| 4 | WARTIME Spitfire pilot F/L Tony Cooper was recently re-united with his aircraft for the first time since crashing on marshland near the Humber Estuary in 1944 . |
| 5 | Deploying fighter aircraft for the first time since the 1991 Gulf war , with some flights north of the 36th parallel ( i.e. over the Kurdish " safe haven " area ) , the Iraqis also built up in early April their deployment of ground forces , surface-to-air missiles and radar tracking equipment directed north of the 36th parallel , apparently seeking to capitalize on US inaction over " skirmishes " with the Kurds . |
| 6 | For the year as a whole turnover topped £100m for the first time rising 10.4pc to £101.6m . |
| 7 | The 1961 Census presented small-area statistics for the first time , repeated at a 10 per cent sample for 1966 . |
| 8 | A smaller version of the deferred pay plan was adopted , but of equal importance was the use of national income statistics for the first time by any government as a guide to policy . |
| 9 | Their contact will probably have been very superficial , and immediate reactions , especially on meeting severely handicapped people for the first time , ones of alarm . |
| 10 | Sometimes a family crisis such as the wife 's admission to hospital for an operation , or confinement , when mother-in-law comes to the rescue and willingly takes over the housekeeping , will draw them together , and help them to value each other as people for the first time ; but more often it is a gradual process , the slow demolition of long-held prejudices . |
| 11 | Indeed , when AMV was forced to lay off staff for the first time in 1991 , because of duplication during the BBDO merger , all got very generous payments . |
| 12 | The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) met at the level of chiefs of staff for the first time in 1991 on April 11-12 at the organization 's political headquarters in Brussels , under the chairmanship of Gen. Vigleik Eide ( Norway ) . |
| 13 | HOPES of a rapid economic recovery were dealt another blow yesterday when unemployment rose to 2.7m for the first time in almost five years . |
| 14 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 15 | His truly phenomenal and technique and poetic incandescence prompt even the most blasé listener to feel that they are hearing familiar works for the first time . |
| 16 | Revenues per employee has risen above $300,000 for the first time . |
| 17 | However , our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending enabled us to increase turnover per employee above $300,000 for the first time , and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues . ’ |
| 18 | However , our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending enabled us to increase turnover per employee above $300,000 for the first time , and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues . ’ |
| 19 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
| 20 | The Taiwanese government said last week that the rate of population growth this year would dip below 1% for the first time , to 0.95% , and forecast zero growth by 2035 . |
| 21 | In 1990 the hugely effective volunteer branched and guilds workforce was directly responsible for raising over £10m for the first time , not including the credit for attracting a very large proportion of the legacy income — which was another record in 1900 at some £31m . |
| 22 | Martino 's ambition to reunite the series for the first time in thirty years has , however , been thwarted by the refusal of Sophia Loren to loan ‘ Study for a Pope V ’ , but the exhibition reassembles the remaining five canvases , including the version owned by the Musei Vaticani . |
| 23 | Coming onto a new series for the first time could be a daunting prospect even to the acting profession 's hardy perennials . |
| 24 | We have a new series for the first time breeder by Jane van Lennep taken from her superb new book First Foal . |