21.   The West, it was believed, was now in a better position relative to the USSR than at almost any time since the start of the Cold War.

22.   For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, the capacity of the new capitalist economy to give employment caught up with its capacity to multiply production.

23.   So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game.

24.   Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash.

25.   As she headed for the stairs her mind was already trying to calculate the time since the call.

26.   It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken...

27.   De Gaulle said for the first time since their defeat, the French people had reason to hope for liberation.

28.   The loss of a single seat would mean the Tories surrendering control for the first time since nineteen seventy four.

29.   American B-Fifty Two bombers have returned to Britain for the first time since the Gulf War.

30.   Demand is growing, so the sight of wild boar wallowing in the mud could become commonplace for the first time since the sixteenth century.