Example sentences of "be the first time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCR Corp has won a $2m contract to provide Dutch tour operator Arke Reizen NV with one of its massively parallel System 3600 systems : the machine will serve 800 terminals at Arke Reizen 's head office and 9,000 additional remote terminals in offices across the Netherlands , it will also handle some 500,000 bookings a year and calculate and maintain Arke Reizens 's financial accounts ; it is believed to be the first time massively parallel technology has been used to handle day-to-day travel transactions — although a number of travel agents use it to analyse marketing data . |
| 2 | It must be the first time ever in the Five Nations Championship that two referees have dropped out of the opening games , with England 's Ed Morrison missing the Ireland v Wales game through a rib injury , and Yours Truly having to watch the England v Ireland game on television through a ‘ flu virus . |
| 3 | This is the first time so many monumental works by the French artist have been shown in one place ( though her Gallericcio works are even bigger ) . |
| 4 | ‘ This is the first time anywhere in the world this has happened . |
| 5 | When James was told that the French navy had beaten the English he commented patriotically , ‘ It is the first time then , ’ while William , as a face-saver , created Herbert first Earl of Torrington . |
| 6 | That 's right yes it 's the first time ever so it 's quite an experience . |
| 7 | Well Round Table a er have never , that 's the first time then ? |
| 8 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 9 | It was the first time as far as she could remember that any male person had done so since she left the convent school , where the visiting priest would call all the girls by their first names . |
| 10 | ‘ We made it up between us , ’ she said , ‘ and it was the first time ever we two met outside these walls . |
| 11 | going down the right ? , five years old down the river was the first time ever but just have to wait for him ! |
| 12 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |