Example sentences of "year [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is projected to average £33 billion annually to the turn of the century and grow to £45 billion a year for the first decade of the new century . |
| 2 | THIS is the time of year for the first phase of Wisteria pruning . |
| 3 | This year for the first time , we mailed a pre-recorded tape cassette to all radio stations in the UK . |
| 4 | With the bursting of the bubble , land prices fell last year for the first time in 17 years . |
| 5 | Last year for the first time there were European dressage titles in two categories : Werth won the conventional Special , while Rothenberger took the freestyle . |
| 6 | The average salary for the nearly 700 players on the 26 teams tops $1 million a year for the first time . |
| 7 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 8 | BRITAIN is dreaming of a green Christmas this year for the first time since artificial trees appeared in the shops . |
| 9 | The under-21s are more even highly-fancied to retain the national title , which they won last year for the first time by beating Nottinghamshire in the final . |
| 10 | This year for the first time oceanic and African tribal art will be exhibited by Elms Lesters Painting Rooms and Savannah Gallery . |
| 11 | The prestigious Antiquaires à Paris group of dealers who specialise in eighteenth-century French furniture albeit with many sidelines is back again this year for the first time since 1986 , although with nothing to compare with the extravagantly decorated and richly stocked collective stand which caused so much jealousy then . |
| 12 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |
| 13 | Last year for the first time , Nuclear Electric was able to operate the Dungeness B nuclear power station at over 1200MWe , largely thanks to an AEA computer-based reactor protection system . |
| 14 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 15 | Erm , I 'm not in a position to add anything very much to the article for next year , I spent most of Friday afternoon with the Tech last week , erm , but there 's still obviously a good deal of uncertainty about programmes for next year , erm , what I think has been very positive is that we have now er , this year for the first time since the Tech 's formation , they 've started to discuss some of the issues about the programmes with a group of providers . |
| 16 | Bursaries , available this year for the first time , broadened the opportunities to attend . |
| 17 | FRENCH exports of wines and spirits fell last year for the first time in 20 years as recession caught up with one of the country 's proudest industries . |
| 18 | More than 50 senior executives from seven countries attended the Group Management Conference , held this year for the first time at Courtaulds Woodside training centre in Kenilworth . |
| 19 | Orders delivered within a day have hit the magic 100 per cent target this year for the first time . |
| 20 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 21 | A year after the first warning , Mr Cannon still weighed over 20 stone . |
| 22 | This was the year of the first wave of reforms in Hungary , when thinking communists were beginning to realise that something had gone awfully wrong . |
| 23 | It was the year of the first World Championships , and many of the big names in sprinting were biding their time . |
| 24 | Born Edith Keefe in Londonderry , Northern Ireland , after her first husband died she married a lance corporal in the Military Foot Police , in Southampton during the last year of the First World War . |
| 25 | His publication last year of the first matchbox grip catalogue has , he says , not contributed to the sudden rise in prices . |
| 26 | 1832 was , moreover , not only the year of the first Reform Bill , but of a major epidemic of cholera . |
| 27 | Building work began towards the end of the same year with the first product produced in July 1990 . |
| 28 | Inflation for the system as a whole , which had fallen to 4 per cent a year in the first half of 1972 , rose to an annual rate of 7 per cent in the first half of 1973 . |
| 29 | Only Daz Sumner , back with the Bears after spending a year in the first division with Belle Vue , was at ease on a track where he is aware of all the wrinkles . |
| 30 | A part of the Jubilee Appeal funding has enabled Jennie Appleby to take up the half-time paid post of North East Field Officer , for a year in the first instance . |