Example sentences of "[adj] for the [adj] time in " in BNC.

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31 Then he attacked with venom and had Thornton looking troubled for the only time in the fight .
32 I was full for the first time in two weeks .
33 Carlsbad , California-based Stac Electronics Inc is meeting the challenge of the built-in data compression in MS-DOS 6.0 , formally launched by Microsoft Corp yesterday with its own new Stacker 3.1 for Windows and MS-DOS : the company says the new version achieves new levels of safety and ease of use by taking advantage of special operating system features available for the first time in MS-DOS 6.0 ; when loaded , it replaces Microsoft 's DoubleSpace , and integrates the Stacker LZS compression into the operating system , and Stac claims that unlike DoubleSpace , which is based on data compression technology licensed from Vertisoft Systems Inc , $150 Stacker 3.1 is also fully compatible with earlier MS-DOSes .
34 In addition its PC-NFS Advanced Telnet software for terminal emulation is now available for the first time in 10- , 25- , 100- and 500-user packs with prices ranging from $1,600 to $49,500 .
35 Such essential measures as library expenditure per student , per capita computing costs , and many other management data , are now available for the first time in published form , so that universities can see at a glance how they measure up to similar institutions .
36 In these 239 murals , covering a surface of 1,585 square metres , there are traces of many influences making up a popular and forceful imagery : ‘ The codices , pre-conquest sculpture , popular art , the study of living people , the colour of nature as well as the paintings of the misnamed Italian Primitives , together with the modern artistic tendencies to which Rivera himself had contributed during his stay in France , all went to form his own peculiar style , which is apparent for the first time in these frescoes . ’
37 I wonder what happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first for the first time in his life ?
38 BRITAIN 'S most bitter boxing rivals bawled it out during a chance encounter in London yesterday when Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank came face-to-face for the first time in 25 months since their epic world title fight .
39 There were whole companies of white-trash , clean for the first time in their whole lives , and bands of black niggers in white robes , and battalions of freaks and lunatics shouting and clapping and leaping like frogs .
40 Also at North Weald , flying on September 9 for the first time in eighteen years was CM. 170 Magister G–FUGA in the hands of an Irish Air Corps test pilot from Baldonnel .
41 One January 20 , he promises the front door of the White House will swing open for the first time in nearly 30 years , as Bill , wife Hilary and 12-year-old daughter Chelsea pop down to McDonald 's and do a little shopping .
42 Tallis was on her own for the first time in her eight years or so in this unimaginable land .
43 Shortly after incitement to racial hatred became criminal for the first time in 1965 , for example , some commentators questioned whether Jewish persons were covered by the Act , pointing to the argument that the Jewish community has a religious rather than a racial identity .
44 The Christian Democratic People 's Party met in September 1989 for the first time in 40 years and elected a permanent leadership , claiming a membership of 3,000 .
45 And after scoring four for the first time in a European game , he said : ‘ I 'm proud and privileged to break such a great player 's record .
46 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 .
47 Well , there are millions of people who are missing from electoral registers , who are people who are entitled to be registered and the problem is probably the greatest among those who are known as attainers and are qualifying for registration at eighteen for the first time in their lives , the numbers of attainers er qualifying has reduced percentage wise , year by year , especially since the introduction of the poll tax and has not been rectified by the measures that remove the poll tax .
48 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 .
49 Thirdly , he was declared bankrupt for the second time in 1912 on a creditor 's petition .
50 He was also declared bankrupt for the third time in September 1921 .
51 ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade .
52 Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history .
53 This is all a far cry from the cosy coffee morning , which is itself shorthand for a vast network of peer support groups in which women , who have ceased to be competitive for the first time in their lives , can find reassurance during a period of mindbending uncertainty .
54 The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) .
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