Example sentences of "[verb] for the [adj] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
| 2 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
| 3 | Filled for the first time in twenty years , Lake Eyre became a rich source of food , attracting tens of thousands of birds whose closest usual breeding area is five hundred miles to the south . |
| 4 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 5 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 6 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 7 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 8 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 9 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 10 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 11 | It can link HLCA payments ( including for the first time in the UK , for dairy cows ) to agreed stocking levels on a hectarage ( not headage ) basis . |
| 12 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 13 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 14 | Strikes were legalized for the first time in Bulgaria 's history when on March 6 the National Assembly passed a bill on settling collective industrial disputes . |
| 15 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 16 | Flown for the first time in 1958 , the DHC-4 Caribou has seen extensive military service . |
| 17 | The first PC-5A assembled in India was flown for the first time in August 1941 and one report suggests that fifty were delivered to the Indian Air Force from 1942 , but this has not been confirmed . |
| 18 | The high level of technical ability of Roman engineers , together with the well-developed commercial economy , meant that major civil engineering schemes could also be undertaken for the first time in the landscape . |
| 19 | UNEMPLOYMENT in Britain has fallen for the first time in almost three years . |
| 20 | indeed , Mo Johnston , recalled for the first time in two months , was the only Everton player in the starting line-up who had managed a goal in front of the Goodison public . |
| 21 | Richmond have since sought help from Middlesex in pursuing the issue while Chilcott , dismissed for the fourth time in his career with Bath , awaits the result of tonight 's meeting of the Somerset Disciplinary Committee . |
| 22 | The net costs of Eagle Lodges appear for the first time in the income and expenditure account and are largely attributable to setting up costs as there was little income from occupancy during 1990 . |
| 23 | Foreign Offices of a modern kind , specialized in their functions , subdivided ( usually on a largely geographical basis ) into departments with still more specialized duties and employing considerable numbers of experts of all kinds , now appear for the first time in the major European capitals . |
| 24 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 25 | The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months . |
| 26 | The Bath back row replaces England 's most capped No 8 Dean Richards , dropped for the second time in 12 months . |
| 27 | But he has to go some to outshine Dean Richards , dropped for the second time in a year . |
| 28 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 29 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 30 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |