Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 2 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 3 | In the report the former President , Chiang Kai-shek was criticized for the first time for failing to punish the officials responsible for the massacre . |
| 4 | Nor should it be forgotten , as Professor Orth has pointed out , that in 1799 penalties were prescribed for the first time for workmen as a class , not for hatters or paper makers as a special group ; in other words , the language of the act was concerned with a horizontal social division , not with the reconciliation of difference within the vertical structure of a craft . |
| 5 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 6 | Apologizing for the first time for some of those tactics , he expressed regret over the " naked cruelty " of certain remarks directed at Dukakis . |
| 7 | Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range . |
| 8 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 9 | From this age group , the level began to increase first slowly ( infant mortality at the maternal age group 30–34 was lower than in the age group 20–24 ) and from age 35 more rapidly , although the mortality of infants born to women in the 35–39 years old group was not much higher than in the age group 20–24 which is often considered as the prime time for reproduction . |
| 10 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 11 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 12 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 13 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 14 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 15 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 16 | ‘ This validation from the Prime Minister has come at an important time for the industry as it strives to get up off its knees , ’ said Keith Banbury , Chief Executive . |
| 17 | Chaovalit 's formal entry into Thai party politics occurred at a difficult time for Chatichai and his government , already under pressure as a result of an outbreak of serious Cabinet infighting in late September . |
| 18 | The UNITA leader , Jonas Savimbi , appealed for the first time for the creation of " peace corridors " to allow emergency relief to people in areas controlled by UNITA . |
| 19 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 20 | As well as the contents of the official register ( use official form of request for certificate of search ) , search is invariably made at the same time for other information noted on the records of the local authority of which a buyer needs to be informed ( two forms here ; one for London boroughs and one for all other district councils ) . |
| 21 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 22 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 23 | In this unorthodox theory this is interpreted as the typical time for which a dust grain moved through space after it was formed and before it accreted to the Moon . |
| 24 | They left the home between 4 pm and 5 pm and returned in the early hours of the morning , often coinciding with the feeding time for a young baby . |
| 25 | This ensure that there is something going on the whole time for both the spectator and the participator . |
| 26 | However , although the resolutions of Congress specified that the revolution in Latin America could only be democratic-bourgeois at this stage , they also said that , because of the weakness of the national bourgeoisie and their links to imperialism , Latin American Communist parties should work at the same time for the eventual dictatorship of the proletariat . |
| 27 | 10% discount for 10 or more tickets bought at the same time for the same event . |
| 28 | In addition , the inability to have more than one ‘ page ’ open at the same time for cross-referencing is a definite limitation of the microfilm system for advice work . |
| 29 | To reduce the risk of variable staining intensities , Grimelius staining was performed at the same time for all the specimens of one examination year . |
| 30 | It certainly has a bearing , er it , it has a bearing in two directions , it causes price increases and cost increases at the same time for the producers , so that at the same time as there are price increases , increasing inflation , there is a reduction in production . |