Example sentences of "[verb] that [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association found that for the first time the municipal government was taking its demands seriously and was prepared to make concessions which would effectively improve working conditions . |
| 2 | Yorkshire Water has calculated that at the busiest time August Bank Holiday it could have 50,000 people using it . |
| 3 | Then he realised that for the first time he was looking into the front of a hurricane . |
| 4 | He realised that for the first time in weeks he had not thought of school , Murray , Fairbrother or the wretched affair of the letter . |
| 5 | But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice . |
| 6 | Concluding a three-day visit to Vietnam on Feb. 1 , the US presidential envoy , Gen. John Vessey , announced that for the first time the USA was to provide assistance to typhoon victims . |
| 7 | It is also recognized that at the same time there is a need for close cooperation with the other departments and sections of the organization and with the statutorily appointed external auditor , particularly with regard to the exchange of information and to making the best overall use of audit resources . |
| 8 | A government survey of family shopping trolleys revealed that for the first time , we are buying as much low-fat milk as the traditional whole variety . |
| 9 | I am sure that my hon. Friend has seen this survey — Has he noticed that for the first time , in February , the indices for orders and output show a rise ? |
| 10 | Although there was widespread speculation as to the authenticity of the leaflets , experts believed that for the first time there was fairly solid evidence to show that the group was experiencing internal problems , with the possibility that a moderate faction had appeared to question the cult of leadership of Sendero leader Abimael Guzmán Renoso and his military strategy to bring down the state . |
| 11 | Her eleventh novel , Gwendolen , has just been published and she says that for the first time she is writing for her soul . |
| 12 | She now does yoga , and says that for the first time in her life she wakes up feeling calm and generally finds that thinking positively works . |
| 13 | Hope that for the first time in your life you 'll discover trust within yourself for another human being . ’ |
| 14 | Details of the summer bonanza meeting , on a par with most of the top venues in the United Kingdom , were outlined at a House of Sport Press Conference today where it was revealed that for the first time the meeting will be held on a Saturday night ( 6pm start ) . |
| 15 | Commentators noted that for the first time since 1986 , the 1990 defence budget would fall below 1 per cent of Japan 's gross national product ( GNP ) — the decline being due more , however , to rapid economic growth rather than budgetary restraint . |
| 16 | Reviewing this same exhibition , both Allard and Apollinaire noticed that for the first time in several years the influence of Matisse and Fauvism was slight . |
| 17 | Although I consider that at the relevant time Lautro 's Rules , and thus its procedure , were defective in the respects I have outlined , for the reasons I have given I conclude that Lautro were not required by law to afford to Winchester the opportunity to make representations as to why an intervention notice should not be served before deciding whether or not to serve such a notice . |
| 18 | Sales of prime London properties are picking up and the latest quarterly bulletin from the London Research Centre shows that for the first time in over a year , average prices have not fallen . |
| 19 | One day perhaps , he thought , the bugger might be caught for sodomy and Athelstan vowed that for the first time in his life he might attend an execution . |
| 20 | Half a century later the 1851 census provided clear evidence that an historic turning point had been reached ; the returns showed that for the first time more people lived in towns than in the countryside . |
| 21 | And you know that at the same time as you could clout them you 'd actually die for them also if it came to the point . |
| 22 | Rather , our results imply that at the preheadfold time of treatment ( 7.5d.p.c. ) , a certain degree of regional variation has already been specified at the level of rhombomere pairs ; retinoic acid is unable to override the specification choice of an odd- or even-numbered character . |
| 23 | Yes , and I do hope that at the same time that we 've been talking about how relatively practical religion has become , that we shall remember the mystery which it witnesses to . |
| 24 | Masha nodded , saying that for the first time since Geneva she could feel the attraction of Communism . |
| 25 | When it is remembered that at the same time the beginnings of large-scale industry could be discerned in Japan , it can be seen that a big absolute growth in this period masks a significant change in Europe 's relative position . |
| 26 | The petition was accompanied by one from the magnates , who also sought the withdrawal of the tax on wool : it appears that for the first time since the Ordinances of 1310–11 the commons and the magnates were joining together to seek concessions and measures of reform from the king . |
| 27 | Yes oh I ee I , I 'm led to understand that he , he built that church and I 'm led to understand that at the same time he started , he came as a curate to St Matthew 's and then he came to Street into a house and he had a little , he started a little church down there in a private house and then he built the church . |
| 28 | Food shortages and the lack of heating or lighting in towns , and the time-consuming difficulties of finding ways round them for city-dwellers , meant that for the first time in a century , if not longer , life in the country was not to be despised . |
| 29 | ASH , Action on Smoking and Health , said the new move meant that for the first time the true toll of smoking would be seen ‘ in black and white ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ In some parts of the UK cuts in local authority spending and the move to the purchaser-provider split meant that for the first time students coming off social work courses were having real difficulties finding jobs ’ Weinstein said . |