Example sentences of "the first time since [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time since Hugh Schonfield 's Passover Plot in 1963 , certain questions pertaining to the New Testament , to Jesus and to the origins of Christianity , were raised to the general reading public — to the so-called ‘ mass market ’ , rather than to a cadre of academic specialists and theologians . |
| 2 | For the first time since independence the opposition alliance included Malays , whose dominance was enshrined in the constitution , rather than being restricted to the Chinese and Indian communities . |
| 3 | For the first time since independence in 1966 , criticism of the government of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda , previously only expressed by groups in exile , was voiced inside the country . |
| 4 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 5 | News that the current account on the UK balance of payments had moved slightly into surplus during June , for the first time since February 1987 , also helped to increase dealings on the London stock market , where the FT-Actuaries All-Share Index reached a new all-time peak of 1,238 on July 29 . |
| 6 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 7 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 8 | Mr Major , about to return to Number 10 after his Portuguese holiday , was urged to take a firm grip over Cabinet trouble-makers , when it meets on Thursday for the first time since July . |
| 9 | A one-point rise in Japan 's discount rate pushed Tokyo below 31,000 for the first time since January 1989 ; during the week it lost 5.6% . |
| 10 | The yield to maturity on the active-issues index of Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette , a Wall Street brokerage , fell below 19% last month for the first time since September . |
| 11 | Midfielder Willie Falconer could figure in a Boro first-team squad for the first time since September . |
| 12 | The government lost by one vote , 311 to 310 , and for the first time since October 1924 an administration had been voted out of office through a Commons vote . |
| 13 | In fact , while the overall United Kingdom result shows a modest swing to Labour , in Scotland Labour 's share of the vote fell by 3.5 per cent , dropping below 40 per cent for the first time since October 1974 . |
| 14 | With funds to invest worth $1 billion and a reputation for picking winners , he can move markets : the gold price has since climbed rapidly by almost $15 , passing $150 an ounce for the first time since October . |
| 15 | On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) . |
| 16 | It is a round trip and will see a ‘ West Country ’ class locomotive steam into Waterloo Station for the first time since Sunday July 9 1967 . |
| 17 | FOR the first time since April 1987 America 's stockmarket is again bigger than Japan 's . |
| 18 | In January , for the first time since April 1985 , fewer than 50% of new apartments in the greater Tokyo area were sold ; Daikyo , Japan 's leading apartment-block developer , had a nationwide sales rate of only 47% . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , on May 8 President Saddam Hussein met Kurdish leaders for the first time since April 24 . |
| 20 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |
| 21 | Tokyo rose above 21,000 for the first time since March last year , but it finished the week only 0.1% up . |
| 22 | Butter is in the supermarkets of Timisoara for the first time since March last year . |
| 23 | Arsenal will go top of the League for the first time since May '91 today if they beat Coventry and Blackburn slip up against Spurs at Ewood Park . |
| 24 | It was also perfectly timed , for only last week Hendry was overtaken by Jimmy White at the head of the provisional world rankings — the first time since May 1990 that he has been removed from top spot . |
| 25 | Suddenly , for the first time since Eno , it 's hip to be weightless . |
| 26 | At his death he was unknown as a poet ; on 8 December 1975 , the centenary of the wreck of the Deutschland , a plaque to his memory was unveiled in poets ' corner , Westminster Abbey , honouring a Roman Catholic there for the first time since John Dryden [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant . |
| 28 | KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November . |
| 29 | Swindon have to fight on in the promotion race … while Oxford have to battle on in the relegation scramble … but things are looking up for United … they 're off the bottom of the table for the first time since November thanks to a win at Brighton |
| 30 | Masha nodded , saying that for the first time since Geneva she could feel the attraction of Communism . |