Example sentences of "it [verb] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well . |
| 32 | Nevertheless it marked the first step — though only that — in the restoration of royal coinage inside West Francia . |
| 33 | It does n't bother me the way it did the first time . |
| 34 | And even if a miracle somehow happened and he agreed to try again , it would simply end up exactly the same way it did the first time . |
| 35 | ‘ It would bore the rest of the company even more than it did the first time . ’ |
| 36 | In July he saw his party make history when it won the first governorship conceded by the ruling party in 60 years . |
| 37 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 38 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 39 | By the time it published the first issue of its bulletin , STOP , in February 1980 the DUC had effectively changed from being an information and research group into an opposition group , as the bulletin made clear : ‘ After investigation into the hazards related to uranium and its by-products , the DUC feels that since uranium can not be mined safely , exploration should cease . ’ |
| 40 | Identifiable links between the Mycenaeans and Egyptians have until now been largely confined to deposits of Mycenaean pottery in Egypt , and sporadic finds of Egyptians objects in Greece.If this papyrus does show Mycenaean warriors fighting alongside Egyptians , perhaps as mercenaries , it provides the first evidence for more direct interaction between these two major Bronze Age cultures of the Mediterranean . |
| 41 | It offers further confirmation for GR outside the solar system and it provides the first evidence , albeit indirect , for gravitational radiation . |
| 42 | It provides the first example of BSI and NAMAS cooperating on a joint registration . |
| 43 | Baffling because it is all so new and strange , and exciting because it brings the first hint , the first distant suggestion that for women an independent economic identity is possible . |
| 44 | It boasts the first greens in Portugal constructed to USGA specifications and they are a joy to putt on . |
| 45 | The birth of Jesus thus came to be regarded as dividing time into two parts , because it ended the first phase of the divine purpose and initiated the second . |