Example sentences of "the first time since [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMERICA could have a current-account surplus — yes , surplus — in the first half of this year , for the first time since 1981 . |
| 2 | Conditions were tough and the afternoon wind and rain made scoring difficult but Ulster 's representatives still look clear favourites to bring the title North for the first time since 1981 . |
| 3 | The new bill , signed into law by Bush on Nov. 17 , raised the minimum wage from the first time since 1981 . |
| 4 | Base rate was on Sept. 22 further reduced to 9 per cent ( its lowest level since mid-1988 and the first time since 1981 that it stood below the German Lombard rate ) . |
| 5 | Conservative commentators are urging Republicans to stage an all-out attack on Mr Clinton as an old-fashioned ‘ tax-and-spend ’ liberal , locked out of government for the first time since 1981 , |
| 6 | His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup . |
| 7 | Perhaps , though , his greatest achievement , was in leading tennis back into the Olympic Games for the first time since 1924 . |
| 8 | A week later it is off to Dundee ( for the first time since 1924 ) for the annual three-day joust against Scotland with the wins equal at nine each in the series that started in 1888 . |
| 9 | In effect , for the first time since 1922 , the direct interest of the Dublin government in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland was explicitly set out . |
| 10 | For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe . |
| 11 | If you have a weekend free , you can do what many west Berliners are now able to do for the first time since 1952 — simple drive into the country and enjoy the landscape of Brandenburg . |
| 12 | French short-term interest rates fell below German ones for the first time since 1991 . |
| 13 | The survey predicted that France would have lower inflation and higher growth than the OECD average in 1990 for the first time since 1970 , with retail price inflation expected to be 2.9 per cent and growth estimated at 3.1 per cent in 1990 . |
| 14 | The prevailing sense of disillusionment with the Democrats within Massachusetts meant that the Republicans had a realistic chance of winning the governorship for the first time since 1970 . |
| 15 | King Hussein , for the first time since 1970 , in early May met leaders of the Jordan People 's Democratic Party , the newly-formed Jordanian section of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine . |
| 16 | The second was the swift and inexplicable fall from grace of Kiwi superstar Chris Dickson who , with only four wins out of nine round-robin races , failed to make the semi-finals at an international event for the first time since 1987 . |
| 17 | Assad visited the Soviet Union on April 27-29 , 1990 , the first time since 1987 [ see p. 35416 ] , and held talks with President Gorbachev . |
| 18 | Higher wage claims led to unit labour costs in manufacturing increasing for the first time since 1987 , while consumer price inflation increased from an annual rate of 2.1 per cent in 1989 to one of 2.5 per cent in 1990 . |
| 19 | The Norwegian whaling fleet has already set sail to study stock sizes and to establish how many fish minke whales eat , and in May will begin commercial catches for the first time since 1987 . |
| 20 | In the other quarter-final , 12th-seeded Czech Helena Sukova held off Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria 6–4 6–7 6–3 to return to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1987 . |
| 21 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |
| 22 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 23 | Lancashire , meanwhile , suffered a serious blow to their ambition to win the title for the first time since 1987 when they lost 9–8 to Durham at Seaton Carew . |
| 24 | Unadjusted unemployment , which topped three million last month for the first time since 1987 , fell by 19,451 to 3,042,614 — 10.8 per cent of the workforce . |
| 25 | For the first time since 1939 , part of the human tide that Tory politicians invoke has a pale face and flows from those faraway lands of which Neville Chamberlain knew little . |
| 26 | Europe will be attempting to repeat its last Ryder Cup performance on US soil , a magnificent 15–13 victory at Muirfield Village in 1987 , while the US team will be looking to use its home advantage to win the Cup for the first time since 1983 . |
| 27 | The opposition Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) raised the fear that the central government 's endorsement of large-scale military intervention in the province ( for the first time since 1983 ) signalled a renewed offensive against its supporters , more than 1,000 of whom had been arrested in May [ see p. 38914 ] . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Ballymoney recaptured the CIS Irish Junior Cup for the first time since 1983 , with a comfortable victory over Ulster Transport at Carrickfergus . |
| 29 | For the first time since 1973 , they lost money — $200m-plus among them , on estimated revenues of $53.4 billion . |
| 30 | In particular , the report highlighted ( i ) the low inflation ( which in June stood at an annualized rate of 3.3 per cent , lower , for the first time since 1973 , than that in Germany — 3.5 per cent in June ) ; ( ii ) the successful containment of the adverse effect of 1990 oil price rises ; and reduced public expenditure ; and ( iv ) lower VAT and company taxes . |