Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the [num ord] occasion " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Big Bang may have encouraged a greater familiarity among companies with search firms , simply because it was the first occasion when they had called on their services , often reluctantly and as a last resort . |
| 2 | It was the first occasion in her life that she had had to take stock of it . |
| 3 | It was the first occasion on which the atomic constitution of matter had been recognised as producing visible effects . |
| 4 | It was the first occasion , but by no means the last , on which I stayed in a monastery . |
| 5 | It was the first occasion on which the country had voted since Gen. Manuel Noriega was removed from power by US forces in December 1989 and replaced by President Guillermo Endara Gallimany [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |
| 6 | It was the first occasion on which the giant warship 's guns had been fired in action since the Korean war . |
| 7 | It was the third occasion on which Wingti had become Prime Minister . |