Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] during the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month , for the first time during the year , more boat people left than arrived in Hong Kong . |
| 2 | It was the first time during the Third Reich that a Führer speech had provoked such direct criticism in the reportage of upper civil servants . |
| 3 | For the first time during the interview Arlene smiled faintly . |
| 4 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 5 | His aim was to boost flagging sales , and for the first time during the recession new cars came within the grasp of those who still had some cash . |
| 6 | A specially commissioned painting by railway artist Simon Bowditch will be unveiled for the first time during the day , and limited edition copies given to local dignitaries . |
| 7 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |
| 8 | In April 1983 , however , the main features of a draft agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Afghan question were worked out for the first time during the United Nations-sponsored talks in Geneva . |
| 9 | The Democratic majority did , however , succeed in overturning a veto for the first time during the four-year presidency of George Bush . |
| 10 | For the first time during the meal he looked directly at her . |
| 11 | Yesterday 's match-winning pair up front , Aberdeen 's Booth and Dundee United 's Duncan Ferguson , were lining up together for the first time during the current campaign . |
| 12 | The first study during the period covered by this study was conducted in 1952 by the Government Social Survey for the Royal Commission on Taxation . |
| 13 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |