Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | A separation appeared for the first time between design and production . |
| 32 | Doubt was cast on Cameron 's results partly by the lack of control data he offered , and , later , after his death , his reputation for scientific integrity was irretrievably damaged by the revelation that much of his experimental work had for a long time been secretly supported by the CIA , including some rather insidious studies of the effects of covertly administered LSD on the behaviour of unsuspecting people . |
| 33 | Pawson has pointed out that in building the canals , British engineers had for the first time " to grapple with large scale civil engineering problems " . |
| 34 | Buchanan stood up , putting on his coat as Warden stood at the same time . |
| 35 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 36 | Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too . |
| 37 | It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT . |
| 38 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |
| 39 | Prost turned in the fastest time on a dry track with 1 min 20.557 secs . |
| 40 | Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks . |
| 41 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 42 | ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ . |
| 43 | In 1959 the Shah married for the third time , to Farah Diba , a twenty-one-year-old Iranian student of architecture . |
| 44 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |
| 45 | The United Kingdom announced at the same time that it was freeing Iraqi assets worth £70,000,000 ( about US$126,000,000 ) , but a UK Foreign Office spokesman denied allegations that Richer 's release had been secured by an unpublicised arrangement between Iraq and the UK , said to involve the unfreezing of part of £621,400,000 ( US$1,100 million ) held by banks in the UK . |
| 46 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 47 | When the hounds checked for the fourth time and could no. find again no matter how the huntsman held them round , Nora and Sir George withdrew . |
| 48 | In 1963 Miles and Haynes met for the first time , in Edinburgh . |
| 49 | Manager Graeme Souness had Steve Nicol and Rob Jones back in training yesterday , while Jan Molby trained for the first time after his ankle injury . |
| 50 | Parallel procedural changes occurred at the same time in the Senate , but other factors were at work there too . |
| 51 | Another interpretation is that metamorphism occurred at the same time , or post-dated thrusting , and that the frictional heating produced during thrusting contributed to the partial melting of the crust and the intrusion of granitic rocks . |
| 52 | Willie joined in the second time round . |
| 53 | The general election was held on 18 June , and election and examination fever coincided for the first time since 1945 . |
| 54 | Harry looked for the first time at the cheque where it lay beside him , flattened by the base of the lamp . |
| 55 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 56 | As a clue to that significance we might first recall the way in which the laws regarding menstruation and childbirth and this new circumcision appeared at the same time in the history of the Jewish people , and remember what was earlier said about the nature — culture dichotomy and the need of culture to control or impose itself upon what it deems to be nature . |
| 57 | Several other firms emerged at the same time and by the same process , such as Lamalie Associates in 1967 from Booz , Allen & Hamilton , and Ward Howell and Canny Bowen , in 1951 and 1954 respectively , from McKinsey . |
| 58 | As it dropped like a stone from 6,500ft , Captain Fuchs spoke for the last time . |
| 59 | It was day three when I started to haemorrhage and Lee cried for the first time since his brief squawk at the moment of birth . |
| 60 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |