Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 Bills are read a first time in the same way as in the case of Government Bills , two weeks after the ballot is taken , and there is consequently little time for any consultation or drafting which has not already taken place .
2 Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him .
3 Milk , after the baby is born the first time the baby actually has to digest its own food it has to process the food that it takes in , what 's in milk ?
4 Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day .
5 Mr. Brian Wilson ( Cunninghame , North ) : I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time .
6 I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time
7 Question put , That the clause be read a Second time :
8 I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time .
9 The Question is , That the clause be read a Second time .
10 In opposing a Bill , however , the opposition ( occasionally it may be a dissident member of the government party ) will move an amendment not to the text of the Bill , but to the motion that the Bill be read a second time ( the motion before the House ) .
11 The usual one is an amendment to the effect ‘ that the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months ’ hence' when , historically , the session would have ended and the Bill thus have lapsed .
12 A Member simply gives notice and eventually moves that the Bill be read a first time .
13 Read the first time on 12 February 1844 , his creditors and debtors bill was read a second time on 30 April .
14 Where the principle object of a Bill was money , it was formerly the practice for it to be made the subject of a debate in the Commons upon a resolution before the Bill was read a first time .
15 Following further unacceptable behaviour , breach proceedings were started a second time , and the appellant absconded from the hostel ; he was eventually arrested and committed to the Crown Court to be dealt with for the original offences .
16 The old city was abandoned a second time , given over to romantics , theorists , transients and dogs .
17 Nottingham Forest v Norwich Norwich 's manager Dave Stringer was playing the last time his team won at Forest — in 1974 .
18 This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done .
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