Example sentences of "is the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 2 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 3 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 4 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
| 5 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
| 6 | This is the first time since its formation in 1935 that the association has organised a trespass as part of its campaign . |
| 7 | This is the first time since 1969 that we 've had them on site . |
| 8 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 9 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's bombs are thought to have been Semtex and it is the first time outside the capital that devices have been casually placed by the road side . |
| 11 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 12 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 13 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 14 | Nelson , dismissed for complaining about a tackle by Derek Mountfield , said : ‘ I 've played more than 550 games and this is the first time in my career I 've been sent off . |
| 15 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is the first time in thousands of holidays that we have lost any clients . ’ |
| 17 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 18 | It is the first time in the history of this House that a petition has been presented accompanied by a demand . ’ |
| 19 | This is the first time in my working life I have to go to the family to ask them for money . |
| 20 | In his opening address welcoming delegates to the summit on Nov. 19 , President François Mitterrand of France said that " it is the first time in history that we witness a change in the depth of the European landscape that is not the outcome of a war or bloody revolution " . |
| 21 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 22 | This is the first time in which such a virus has been found in amphibians . |
| 23 | This is the first time in Britain … possibly in Europe that this legislation has been used for enforcement in this way |
| 24 | To the best of my knowledge , and there may be someone out there who knows better , it is the first time in the UK that a bike dealer has offered this service . |
| 25 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 26 | ‘ This is the first time in the history of higher education in Scotland that any lecturer has been threatened with compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 27 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |