Example sentences of "[adv] for the [num ord] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1989 the ‘ First National Conference on Knowledge Representation and Inference in Sanskritam ’ was organised by the Computer Society of India in Bangalore , bringing together for the first time linguists and computer scientists from all over India . |
| 2 | Not for the first time Delaney looked into the eyes that were deep , infathomable pools of green , and at the copper-coloured hair falling around the high smooth cheek bones ; at the small upturned nose and a mouth just large enough to hint at the animal sensuality lying dormant beneath the surface . |
| 3 | Not for the first time Annabel Croft is responsible . |
| 4 | Again his gaze was intent , and not for the first time Robbie cursed the need for evasion , the maintenance of her fiction concerning Hugh . |
| 5 | Fen suggested , and not for the first time Robbie wished she could clear up this misapprehension . |
| 6 | Not for the first time Selvey painted the best picture . |
| 7 | Not for the first time Charles reflected that growing up is a myth ; getting older is just an intenser form of childhood . |
| 8 | Not for the first time Salisbury found it was easy to attract a large audience for a free show . |
| 9 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |
| 10 | Not for the first time Matey noted that his first thought was of his maid . |
| 11 | I then zealous to understand I I er , er , erm sought it Statutes , Volume thirty-three nineteen ninety three edition and studied most carefully pages six hundred and seventy-five to six hundred and seventy-seven and there I found an account of what has happened to Sections two and three and also for the first time light was shed upon Section two A. My Lords , I have from time to time ventured to express some doubt as to whether our legislative procedures were as excellent , as I 'm sure Your Lordships would wish them to be and when I recently suggested in the most mild terms to Her Majesty 's Government that they might consider some form of enquiry into our legislative procedures to see whether as they were as high class as they should be , erm I was given a very negative reply the clear influence of which was that the our legislative procedures could not possibly be improved and My Lords I do really think with respect that that is a proposition which is open to doubt . |
| 12 | All problems resolved in one go because now for the first time question of optimum distance becomes an issue for the viewer . |
| 13 | Today for the first time Cyril Reenan allowed the cameras into his Abingdon home to see the sophisticated radio scanner that started it all |