Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legends about the Babylonian and Persian period were revived — or perhaps invented for the first time — to encourage faithfulness to the Mosaic Law in the new conditions . |
| 2 | Moments after the fighter had dipped its wings , the RAF ensign was gently lowered for the last time at Biggin Hill , Kent . |
| 3 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 4 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 5 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |
| 6 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 7 | At the 1970 Annual General Meeting as said above , rumblings of discontent about the relative rights and status of bondholders were formally voiced for the first time . |
| 8 | These had been directly elected for the first time in 1986 [ see p. 34305 ] . |
| 9 | Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past . |
| 10 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |
| 11 | We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly . |
| 12 | Tailored awards , designed to meet the specific needs of particular organisations and employers , were also offered for the first time , attracting over 500 candidates . |
| 13 | It is simply due to the fact that the diffused , little defined , fitfully manifested and sometimes sub-personal presence of God as Spirit which we found in the Old Testament , becomes clearly focused for the first time in Jesus of Nazareth . |
| 14 | They were also allowed for the first time to subsidize denominational primary schools . |
| 15 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
| 16 | A stench , which Franca now noticed for the first time , arose from the bed . |
| 17 | Such data are not yet available for Europe , but will be imminently presented for the first time . |
| 18 | In a very real way , I have found , it is the only place where things have been really understood for the first time . |
| 19 | Compiled annually , it is a voluminous source which can now be fully exploited for the first time using computer techniques . |
| 20 | A small fountain splashed musically in the centre , the clear water dazzling , and Maggie found herself almost stunned for the first time in many years . |
| 21 | ‘ The wisdom of pricing gas at parity with imported oil has thus been officially recognised for the first time in Pakistan , despite being electorally unpopular . |
| 22 | By the time the British , the Americans , and the ultimately successful Rifs from North Africa had made their assaults , the monastery was almost completely destroyed for the third time in history . |
| 23 | The Portuguese Social Democrats have recently won for the second time running with a slightly increased majority and 50.7 per cent of the votes cast . |
| 24 | NEWLY DEVELOPED by InTec 's materials department , HIVOL ‘ Metal Matrix Composites ’ were recently shown for the first time at an exhibition . |
| 25 | But in 1888 , two years after my father was born , the newly constituted county councils were created and Oxfordshire was systematically governed for the first time . |
| 26 | The existence of the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ) , commonly known as MI6 , was publicly acknowledged for the first time by the government when Major announced on May 6 that the service would , like its domestic intelligence counterpart MI5 [ see p. 37158 ] , be placed on a statutory basis during the 1992-93 session of Parliament , and confirmed that its Chief was Sir Colin McColl . |
| 27 | In some countries , marginal land that was previously heath or moorland , as well as much pasture land , has been recently ploughed for the first time in centuries , with the resulting destruction of many archaeological sites . |