Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 2 | Marcel , the first person narrator of the novel , meets the writer Bergotte for the first time . |
| 3 | AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement . |
| 4 | AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement . |
| 5 | Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt 's excellent book , The Bomber Command War Diaries tell us that on the night of 23/24 September Bomber Command for the first time concentrated its main bomber strength on one city — Berlin . |
| 6 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 7 | British Steel , which yesterday broke through the 100p barrier for the first time in almost two years , lost 3p today to 100p as investors became jittery that its recovery potential might not be as great as originally anticipated . |
| 8 | Neither Julia nor I had realised that some delegates would be registering on the Saturday morning for the first time — we had n't covered this . |
| 9 | TWO players were sent off and four others booked as Antwerp , Belgium 's oldest club , reached the semi-finals of a European club competition for the first time . |
| 10 | And then , of course , only on the day after you took the car to the car wash for the first time in months . |
| 11 | In Thailand in 1991 the falling incidence of chancroid approached that of herpes genitalis for the first time , reaching 0.22/1000 compared with an incidence of herpes genitalis of 0.18/1000 . |
| 12 | The impasse was eventually broken after the Prime Minister invoked an arcane constitutional device to create more PCP Senators [ see p. 37705 ] , and used a closure motion for the first time within Canada 's upper chamber . |
| 13 | MARR COLLEGE have won the Bank of Scotland Schools Cup for the first time , beating St Aloysius ' College by 8–6 at Ayr . |
| 14 | ST ALOYSIUS College won the Bank of Scotland Scottish Schools Cup for the third time when they defeated Galashiels Academy by three tries to two at Meggetland . |
| 15 | It was under Dick Graham that Palace won promotion to Division Two to leave the lower reaches of the Football League for the first time in 39 years . |
| 16 | Scott , revealing details of the 500-page bid document for the first time , insisted the big selling point was the proximity of the sports venues to the competitors ' village , which would be in a canalside setting in the heart of the city . |
| 17 | Now available by mail order for the first time ( call for a brochure ) , we have 30 Make-Up Removers worth £7.25 each to give away . |
| 18 | Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years . |
| 19 | The end of a 10-year drought : David Gower hits the winning runs and England have beaten Pakistan in a Test match for the first time since 1982 |
| 20 | The end of a 10-year drought : David Gower hits the winning runs and England have beaten Pakistan in a Test match for the first time since 1982 |
| 21 | I could be bathing the children , watching that Thomas the Tank Engine video for the 100th time … |
| 22 | President Reagan openly backs the Contra guerillas against the Nicaraguan Sandinista Government for the first time . |
| 23 | And the fact that I will be playing under him as captain on an England tour for the first time will not stop me having dinner and drinking with him most nights . |
| 24 | He believes if Jones , Paul Moriarty and skipper Young tame the visitors ' more experienced forwards , Wales ' gifted backline can upset England on home soil for the first time since 1949 . |
| 25 | Now , as the son came to see the marble bust for the last time , court photographers crowded around to capture the poignancy of the son saying goodbye , presumably with a sense of terrible failure , to the father for whom he had never been good enough . |
| 26 | DERRY City manager , Roy Coyle , made another bold move into the transfer market for the third time in 10 days to gain the services of yet another Scottish player . |
| 27 | DERRY City manager Roy Coyle has entered the transfer market for the third time in 10 days . |
| 28 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 29 | The need to prepare the economies for unemployment and social security provision for the first time will be the important issues . |
| 30 | In the final RUGBY UNION : Middlesbrough Wasps reached the final of the North Yorkshire Trophy for the first time when they beat Rowntrees 11–6 at Acklam Park yesterday . |