Example sentences of "the first time to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Wilson 's government introduced the original Redundancy Payments Act 1965 , which gave redundant workers the right for the first time to a statutory severance payment if they satisfied certain qualifying conditions . |
| 2 | The music ranges from the familiar to the unknown — from an early opera played in its entirety for the first time to a unique performance of The Messiah where you can actually join in the singing . |
| 3 | ( Short , happy , slightly humorous speech when the groom is marrying for the first time to a divorced woman . ) |
| 4 | Initially he concentrated on Scotland , where the impact of railways had effectively opened the country for the first time to a large number of visitors . |
| 5 | In France the post of Secretary of State for War was given for the first time to a soldier ( the Maréchal de Belle-Isle ) in 1758 ; and in the second half of the century there was a slow but steady tendency for the most important officials concerned , the intendants d'armées and the contrôleurs des guerres , to be military men . |