Example sentences of "the first time [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another important feature of the election was the relatively weak showing of the extreme right-wing Republicans ( Republikaner ) , who gained seats in several councils for the first time but whose votes lagged far behind those obtained in the European elections in June 1989 and forecast in recent opinion-poll findings . |
| 2 | The man who 's watching him followed him as near as possible to the mountain the first time but he could n't go any further without being seen — the same problem we had with Scano 's boy yesterday . |
| 3 | Yesterday , in Pittsburgh , she tried on her new school uniform for the first time but she was not too happy about the tie . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 5 | This is a small amount in relation to our subscriptions which reached one million pounds for the first time but it does pose problems . |
| 6 | It was the first time since her death that he had been able to think of it with anything like acceptance . |
| 7 | Then she went to bed exhausted and , for the first time since her terror started , slept well . |
| 8 | Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community . |
| 9 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 10 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
| 11 | And , even more disturbingly , the three men now at liberty talk at length — for the first time since their release — about being wrongly imprisoned and reveal how they were beaten into signing confessions . |
| 12 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 13 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 14 | A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 15 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 16 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 17 | THE BIRTHDAY PARTY , the highly influential Australian band of the late '70s/early '80s , reunited for the first time since they split in 1983 at an NME -sponsored gig last week . |
| 18 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 19 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 20 | For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her . |
| 21 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 22 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 23 | KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 . |
| 24 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 25 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 26 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 27 | The new policy will drop , for the first time since its introduction in the early Eighties , a presumption in favour of house-building at the expense of other conservation considerations . |
| 28 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 29 | For the first time since she arrived in Rome , the connection came up immediately and she could hear Nora 's voice , distant but clear , at the other end . |
| 30 | For the first time since she iced her Dad , Jazzbeaux felt she really had a purpose on this dull earth . |