Example sentences of "is the first time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the first time we have exported Bovril cubes anywhere , ’ a spokesman tells me . |
| 2 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 3 | ‘ This is the first time we 've issued a warning because of violence on the highway , ’ an American AA spokesman said . |
| 4 | Speaking from America where he is on a business trip , McCauley said : ‘ This is the first time we have refused a request from him . |
| 5 | This is the first time we 've had a regular monthly feature in the magazine just for Silver electronics . |
| 6 | ‘ This is the first time we have had her right this season . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the first time we have carried out this survey as part of our ongoing review of security , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Do you realise that this is the first time we 've been alone — I mean , really on our own ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This is the first time we 've had ones like this for quite a while . ’ |
| 10 | This is the first time we actually feel sympathy for Blanche because she is so upset by the death of her husband . |
| 11 | This is the first time we 've had to do this interceptor cos I did n't even know it was in and I do n't think Dick did . |
| 12 | But this is the first time we 've been able to excavate scientifically . |
| 13 | School spokeswoman Mary Thomas said : ‘ This is the first time we have staged My Fair Lady and it has proved a resounding success . |
| 14 | We 've been through the records and we 're pretty sure this is the first time we have had a Prime Minister here . |
| 15 | Since this is an equal opportunities column , we must also report ( on Diary Day 17 ) that this is the first time we 've mentioned the Durham constituency . |
| 16 | ‘ But it is the first time we have established formal procedures which ensure that we deliver and measure against set and agreed criteria . |
| 17 | This is the first time we 've been in a University . |
| 18 | He comes up to him and he goes , you 're only a trainee , and he goes this is the first time we 've ever sent the scum bag back , oh , the scum bag , that 's a big strong even if you are god and he , he |
| 19 | Well , this is the first time we 've heard of him here in Switzerland . |
| 20 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 21 | But this is the first time they have attacked by the very people supposed to be the most enthusiastic about them . |
| 22 | Though this is the first time they have mentioned a gun . |
| 23 | The appearance at Fairford is the first time they 've appeared in the west and it 's a matter of immense pride to them . |
| 24 | For most children , this is the first time they 've ever seen Reindeer . |
| 25 | It is the first time they have spoken publicly since the death of their two-year-old son James in February this year . |
| 26 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |
| 27 | The Russian Embassy tells me that this is the first time their head of state has visited London and not stayed at the embassy . |
| 28 | I 've been thinking about dragons all my life , but this is the first time one has turned up . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ This is the first time anything unusual has happened here since Goering occupied the building in 1940 , ’ one veteran observer was heard to remark . |
| 30 | It is the first time there has been integrated graduate recruitment and induction events leading into a cross-ROC , cross-functional development programme . |