Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offence is in outline very similar to the pre-existing offence under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5A , although it adds ‘ behaviour ’ to the list of proscribed activities for the first time . |
| 2 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 3 | There was another sound , too , a strange noise for the bright time of noonday . |
| 4 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 5 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 6 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 7 | But that Saturday for the first time in his life , he invited his youngest son Patsy to attend the ball-game along with himself and his other three sons . |
| 8 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 9 | I stood in front of that fence for a long time , trying to reconstruct the presence of that massive Victorian red sandstone building in which I had spent nearly five sevenths of my life for thirty years . |
| 10 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 11 | With the football decider having ended in deadlock Carlow champions Eire Og and O'Donovan Rossa of Cork must meet again this afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick to decide which side lifts the prestigious trophy for a first time . |
| 12 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 13 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 14 | In response to Air Ministry Specification R14/24 calling for a large , long-range flying-boat , Blackburn Aircraft ventured into this field for the first time in 1924 with their RB.1 Iris ( Blackburn 's previous flying-boat experience had been with the diminutive N.1B and Pellet single-seat designs ) . |
| 15 | When the anxiety upper limit is reached it will remain at this level for a certain time . |
| 16 | Although there was no official statement concerning the content of the agenda , it was widely believed that the two sides would begin detailed discussions for the first time since the negotiations began in July 1990 . |
| 17 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 18 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 19 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 20 | Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century . |
| 21 | In the event of trouble , many of the non-union operators now would have easier access — in some cases for the first time — to the political system and its protective police arm . |
| 22 | Along with the island 's hydro-electric scheme — bringing power to some houses for the first time — and the harbour improvements , the incident will probably go down in Shetland annals as another stage in Foula 's modernisation . |
| 23 | They were driving into the city now , and she looked around her , seeing it with different eyes for the first time , seeing it as a garrulous old lady with so much to tell to anyone willing to listen . |
| 24 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 25 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 26 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 27 | The Norwegian whaling fleet has already set sail to study stock sizes and to establish how many fish minke whales eat , and in May will begin commercial catches for the first time since 1987 . |
| 28 | Towards morning , Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years . |
| 29 | His uncle was fend of French fries and he tells the empty corridor for the hundredth time that they are called chips over there and they are eaten with vinegar . |
| 30 | I think this is a good principle and we hope to continue it , to some degree for a long time yet . ’ |