Example sentences of "[was/were] the [adj] time [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 2 | With 120 furnaces and its own wharf on the Tees , the Britannia site no doubt looked impressive , but the 1870s were the wrong time for businesses to try to expand . |
| 3 | A week ago , sterling joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ; it lifted the gloom for the Tory Party Conference in Bournemouth , and this afternoon , the Chancellor , John Major , came to explain why now was the right time for Britain to join . |
| 4 | From this primitive idea sprang the belief that it was important to celebrate Easter at the correct date , since this was the crucial time of combat between God ( or Christ ) and the Devil , and God required the support of his worshippers to defeat the Devil . |
| 5 | This hour , before the heat began to build up , was the best time of day to be out of doors , and since her mistress would be asleep for some time yet she was free to go as she pleased . |
| 6 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 7 | Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist . |
| 8 | They ordered , sipped drinks , and Therese was conscious that it was the first time for years she had eaten a meal alone with a man . |
| 9 | It was the first time in Israel 's 41-year history that a government had been brought down on a vote of confidence . |
| 10 | A man has made medical history by having four organ transplants.In two operations he was given a new heart , two lungs and a kidney.It was the first time in Europe so many organs had been replaced successfully.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 11 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 12 | This was the first time in history that a trade union banner had been borne aloft in a great military and naval display . |
| 13 | A rifleman hit two men crouching near the Colonel , who later wrote that ‘ this was the first time in warfare that I truly felt fear . |
| 14 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |
| 15 | ‘ By the way , what was the estimated time of death ? ’ |
| 16 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 17 | The night-time , the time after she had been tucked up in bed , that was the proper time for Fenna , for flying and dreams . |
| 18 | Keith Lamb , Middlesbrough 's chief executive , said yesterday that ‘ early July ’ was the expected time for confirmation of the club 's playing schedule for the new season , which starts on August 15 . |
| 19 | The popular endorsement of Labour in 1966 was the last time to date that the party in government has been re-elected . |
| 20 | The sun was large in the sky because it was the hottest time of year , and there were no clouds . |
| 21 | A quick bit of mental maths told me that 4.30am was the ideal time for photographs ; then the sun would fill the natural arc of Godafoss with light , a low , warm-coloured morning delight . |