Example sentences of "[was/were] the [adj] time [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis . |
2 | It was the second time in 24 hours that they had acted to stop a party in the county . |
3 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |
4 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
5 | It was the first time since 1966 that the FT , the paper serving businessmen and the City , had failed to endorse the Conservatives . |
6 | This was the first time since 1948 that the entire Legislative Yuan had been elected , and the first time ever that it had been elected entirely within Taiwan . |
7 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
8 | It was the first time since 1895 the election of the Speaker had been the subject of a division . |
9 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
10 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
11 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |
12 | It was the third time in five years the council had considered a motion to ban hunting . |
13 | It was the third time in eight games that the margin of victory had been just two runs . |
14 | This was the third time in six months that the federal government had intervened in state politics to redress alleged fraud . |
15 | It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been witnessed at London grounds . |
16 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
17 | It was the fourth time in five years that Gotti , whose elegant sartorial taste had earned him the nickname " Dapper Don " , had been indicted . |
18 | At thirty-two years of age , Chrissie Stone could take the occasional shock to her system , but this was the fourth time in two weeks that she had slept late , and it was beginning to get her down . |