Example sentences of "[adj] [num] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 2 | The latest league table ( up to July 1992 ) of the value of the US installed computer base , compiled every six months by La Jolla , California-based Computer Intelligence Corp , includes a Unix machine in the top ten for the first time , among the IBM and Amdahl mainframes , AS/400s and Cray -YMPs . |
| 3 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 4 | ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade . |
| 5 | This certainly stuck a chord with the pilot whom I had just photographed as he flew his newly-restored P-40 for the first time . |
| 6 | As unemployment climbed above three million for the first time in six years , the latest figures showed our region has been hard hit by the recession . |
| 7 | UNEMPLOYMENT is poised to top three million for the second time because the quality of jobs created in the late 1980s was poor , according to a report by the Employment Policy Institute . |
| 8 | Dick has a generous amount of time and experience in taildraggers like Staggerwings and T-6s but he wanted Bill Dodds who had broad P-40 for the first time so that he could compare the aircraft with others that he 's flown . |
| 9 | An hour and a half into the debate all four for the first time gave succinct answers in agreement to one question and were rewarded with a cheer from the floor ! |
| 10 | During his four years in office the Association 'S branches numbered more than one hundred for the first time , and he was constantly visiting them and planning new ones . |
| 11 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 12 | Days lost through sickness passed 500 million for the first time . |
| 13 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |
| 14 | The line-up for the fourth Grand Slam Finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy reflects a mixture of old and new , as former champions Queen 's Club make the grade for the fourth time , whilst Royal Berkshire earn a place in the last four for the first time in their debut Trophy season . |