Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 2 | With the addition of a residential weekend each term , student-hours will be increased sufficiently to result in an overall time span shorter than when we last used a weekly format . |
| 3 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 4 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 5 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 6 | The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time . |
| 7 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 8 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 9 | ( The Abbey 's building and contents insurance must be taken out to qualify for the first time buyer 's discount ) . |
| 10 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 11 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 12 | She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open . |
| 13 | ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ . |
| 14 | But old boss Beck knows Dublin will come back fighting : ‘ The lad has battled hard to get to the big time and he wo n't forget where he 's come from . ’ |
| 15 | A wide range of support is available to assist existing exporters and businesses about to export for the first time . |
| 16 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |