Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The number of boys fluctuated around 100 , but the School at last seemed to have become viable , a credit balance appearing in the accounts for the first time . |
2 | The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . |
3 | When the athletic Can Can girls had done the splits for the umpteenth time , the old master , 83-year-old George Williams , played on the state of his health . |
4 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
5 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
6 | Then , on 20 June , the Germans for the first time employed a new type of diphosgene gas shell . |
7 | Although the London Borough of Southwark agreed to maintain the level of funding to some of the projects for a short time after the demise of the I. L. E. A. , that support can no longer be guaranteed . |
8 | The former sprint champion , who built a career on the use of illegal substances , did not take part in the meeting , of course , after he was caught taking the tablets for a second time . |
9 | The authorities for the first time gave permission for an opposition demonstration on March 7 . |
10 | In 1960 the candidates for the first time debated on television , and politics began an almost metaphysical transformation : the external world was miraculously reconvened as powdered images upon America 's internal screen . |
11 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |
12 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
13 | Shocked , she looked him fully in the eyes for the first time . |
14 | This autumn it 's own range of clothing appears in the shops for the first time . |
15 | Before presenting the subjects with the lists for the second time , the researchers asked them to recall the words . |
16 | ‘ Tennis came back to the Olympics for the first time in Seoul , and maybe now that it is recognised again as an Olympic sport , it will become more important in East Germany . |
17 | But with seven wins from their last eight , the Chargers look set to reach the play-offs for the first time since 1982 — the first to do so after such a poor start . |
18 | But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs . |
19 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
20 | Going past the stands for the first time , the Unwins ' Upper Gumtree still showed in front but with Premiere almost alongside ; pampering was on the inside tugging his jockey 's arms out . |
21 | He was still going well enough , but then , as he turned towards the stands for the last time , a doubt began to nibble , and then to gnaw , Was he losing his momentum ? |
22 | The trainer , watching the race on a television screen in the weighing room , had gazed in silence until the field reached the top of the hill and turned towards the stands for the last time . |
23 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
24 | Launched by the Princess of Wales in 1988 , the hospice entered the Awards for the first time using its 1990 accounts which covered its first operational year with a full complement of staff . |
25 | Three seminars were recently held for general SVQ co-ordinators from schools , colleges , and other centres offering the awards for the first time in August 1993 . |
26 | Where fleece is used to advance and protect the growth of crops requiring a pollination period it will be necessary to uncover the plants for a short time at the flowering stage after which the fleece can then be left on until harvesting to keep out birds , small animals and other pests that might damage the fruit . |
27 | We unload the boats for the last time , take the final photographs , and cast our minds back , trying to fix the memories . |
28 | Neither manager would give a clue as to his team , or discuss in depth a match which could see the Republic qualify for the finals for the first time . |
29 | Jack Charlton 's Irish , in the finals for the first time , join Colombia , Uruguay , Czechoslovakia , Romania and Sweden in the third pool . |
30 | WC apps : 2 Mike Smith , the former manager of Wales and Egypt , takes a lot of credit for giving the Egyptians the impetus to reach the finals for the first time . |