Sentences with phrase «first time in our country»

On 29th March this year, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act will come into force, allowing gay people to get married for the first time in this country....

Coleman has managed to guide Wales to the semi-finals of the European Championships for the first time in the countries history against all the odds.

«This is why for the first time in this country, the ruling government has set up a ministry for this industry considering the direct employment the industry offers for people,» she pointed out.

This is the first time in the country's history that a new administration is spending the first year of its four year tenure to inaugurate projects of its predecessor.

But now that the progressives, through an uncommon alliance in 2015, created an upset by defeating, for the first time in the country's history, the then ruling People's Democratic Party, it might be taken as given that the role of all active participants in the exercise would be correctly recorded.

«Again in the area of employment, for the first time in this country, we have a government that employed 200,000 Nigerians.

My husband and I went to the Munich Zoo in Germany when we were there a few years ago but this was my first time in this country.

about internet dating, with women from ex-ussr it is very difficult.you see there are a lot of scammers in these countries.it is very difficult also to find visa for the girl to meet you in your country, some times before marriage, in order to know each other better.from the other hand i think that for a western man to visit a woman first time in these countries it is very dangerous.you do not know what you will find there, your personal security in these countries is zero.also i believe that the dating sites make a big mistake.they ask only from western men membership and not from women, so one scammer woman can login in 100sites, it costs nothing.if women paid a membership things would be different.after 3 years in marriage sites have happened a lot of bad things to me and i think that if you want to find a REAL marriage minded woman the possibilities is 0.01 %!

Taking the plane to Entebbe, Uganda, they are certain the Israelis will be forced to negotiate with kidnappers for the first time in their country's short history, all involved with the plot feeling that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) will be unlikely to send troops onto African soil in order to rescue the hostages.

Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) is visiting his white girlfriend's parents (Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener) for the first time in their country home.

«For the first time in this country, we have agreement among 45 states and D.C. on a set of language arts and mathematics standards, which is critical in allowing us to share a common focus and implement a far more rigorous academic environment.

«Now — for the very first time in our country — it is possible to compare objectively and simply the performance of academy groups and local authorities, in both the primary and secondary phases.»

Recent headlines have also pointed out that, for the first time in our country's history, white students no longer constitute a majority of the public school population.

This year, for the first time in our country's history, a majority of public school students are children of color.

In what is believed to be the first time in the country for any charter management organization, another Aspire school, Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy in Stockton will graduate eight students who have attended Aspire schools for the entirety of their K - 12 education who are all attending college in the fall.

The Civic will return after a five - year hiatus, with a diesel engine option for the first time in the country Read Full News

Expanding its S - Class luxury lineup for the first time in the country, Mercedes - Benz India has officially launched the 2015 S500 Coupe and S63 AMG models with prices starting at Rs. 2 crores (ex-showroom, Delhi).

The SUV gets a new 1.6 - litre turbocharged diesel engine for the first time in the country.

In June, the Student Loan Report covered the story that found the collective student loan debt in the UK went above # 100 billion for the first time in the country's history.

On a broader scale, student loan debt in the entire UK surpassed # 100 billion for the first time in the country's history.

In June, The Student Loan Report reported new data data that found the collective student loan debt in the UK rose above # 100 billion for the first time in the country's history.

This was my first time in another country to live and I was living in a state of anxiety.

This won't be my first time in the country.

First exhibited in 2001 when Gober represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, it is on view for the first time in this country.

When the Honourable Jody Wilson - Raybould (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) introduced the bill for Second Reading in the House of Commons, she explained that, «for the first time in our country's history, [Bill C - 14] create [s] a federal legislative framework to permit medical assistance in dying across Canada.»

Friends, This is a rare opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to work together with governments, industry and the Australian community to secure the economic and cultural independence of our peoples, and to enable us to truly experience self - determination, for the first time in this country.

This is a rare opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to work together with governments, industry and the Australian community to secure the economic and cultural independence of our peoples, and to enable us to truly experience self - determination, for the first time in this country.

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Now, both the SPD and the Christian Democrats — both parties in the country's ruling coalition — will be lead by women for the first time (the other woman is, of course, Chancellor Angela Merkel).

Councillor Michael Oshry, elected for the first time in October, founded a currency - exchange company in Edmonton that now operates in five countries.

Moscovici made much of the fact that for the first time since the euro was born in 1999, no country in 2018 will have a budget deficit over 3 percent of annual GDP — a key limit that governs the single currency and which has been flouted by many countries.

On Friday, the i Phone X went on sale for the first time in 13 additional countries, including South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey.

He's the head of the Commission, responsible for proposing legislation, and the first country leaving the EU will happen during his time in office.

Since meeting for the first time in 2007, this grassroots group has grown to 107 members across the country.

In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin - a New York Times columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters - delivers the first definitive blow - by - blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brinIn one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin - a New York Times columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters - delivers the first definitive blow - by - blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brinin decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin - a New York Times columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters - delivers the first definitive blow - by - blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink.

That means schools across the country will, for the first time, be giving students a uniform education and uniform assessments, which Muhammed Chaudhry, CEO of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, says is a major opportunity for entrepreneurs to get a foot in the door.

This won't be the first time Ewing and Keep have returned to South Korea, traveling to the peninsula in 2006 and 2015, respectively, thanks to the Revisit Korea Program organized by the South Korean government to invite Korean War veterans back to the country.

I can't say that I started a company that partners with restaurants because of the time I spent at McDonald's, or because of the time I spent working in my mom's Chinese restaurant — the first business she worked in after we moved to this country.

The move means no Latino will serve in a presidential cabinet for the first time in nearly 30 years and comes at a time when Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the country.

In early March, as rebels fought for control of the country's east coast ports, where much of the country's oil is refined or shipped abroad, the price of the American crude contract (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI) broke US$ 100 for the first time since 2008.

The Uber app will automatically be loaded onto some phones in Latin American countries, Uber drivers will get discounted phone packages and first - time Uber customers in the region will automatically get a discount when they download the app.

French energy giant Engie SA bought the cargo to meet high gas demand during freezing weather in the northeast U.S.. Although not completely unheard of (Norway has previously sent LNG to the U.S.), this would have been the first time that the country imported a cargo from northwest European storage tanks, some of which undoubtedly came from the $ 27 billion Yamal LNG plant Russia started a month ago.

Another powerful motive for many in the southern countries, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, countries that had never in their very long histories had a hard currency, was to exploit the desire of the Germans, and the permanent EU civil service, for a larger, closer Europe, by signing into the euro, acquiring for the first time a hard currency, that they confidently expected Germany to finance.

He wants to see business improve its productivity, increase its R&D investment and grow its exports to new foreign markets — particularly to emerging markets, which for the first time in 2012 will import more goods than will the developed countries.

You don't want your first experience in a new country to be stressful, so put in the research to make sure your time at the airport goes smoothly.

And if Simone Biles wins the individual all - around as expected, it will be another feather for Karolyi: the first time a country has claimed that gold medal in four consecutive Olympics.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries also said oil inventories across the most industrialized countries rose in January for the first time in eight months, a sign the impact of its output cuts may bCountries also said oil inventories across the most industrialized countries rose in January for the first time in eight months, a sign the impact of its output cuts may bcountries rose in January for the first time in eight months, a sign the impact of its output cuts may be waning.

When Nike went public in 1980, the country saw for the first time that the «sneaker guys from Oregon» had built a company with annual sales of $ 270 million, net income of roughly $ 13 million, and annual production of 30 million pairs of shoes.

Philippe May, managing director of Arton Capital's Singapore office, told CNN the news marks the first time an Asian country has held the most powerful passport in the world.

It's not the first time a late, broken play has changed the outcome of bets and fantasy matchups across the country — earlier in the season the Chiefs had a similar play on «Monday Night Football» against the Redskins, leaving bettors elated or furious depending on which side of the game they were on.

«This was indeed an historic event, I mean the agreement which was signed between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, it's the first time in history... in compliance with the agreement that was reached, we are going to achieve the 300,000 result at a fast pace,» he said.