Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marcel , the first person narrator of the novel , meets the writer Bergotte for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ Heavens no , ’ agreed Julia , thinking about the Easter plans for the first time that evening . |
| 3 | Boots The chemist are to open pharmacy concessions for the first time in seven JS branches in late July . |
| 4 | AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement . |
| 5 | AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement . |
| 6 | Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt 's excellent book , The Bomber Command War Diaries tell us that on the night of 23/24 September Bomber Command for the first time concentrated its main bomber strength on one city — Berlin . |
| 7 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 8 | The King meets with opposition leaders for the first time . |
| 9 | AFTER 65 years , the gavel is to fall at the London Auction Mart for the final time . |
| 10 | I had another massage , warmed up again , tuned into my Walkman and then went through the reporting procedures for the fourth time in two days . |
| 11 | TWO players were sent off and four others booked as Antwerp , Belgium 's oldest club , reached the semi-finals of a European club competition for the first time . |
| 12 | And then , of course , only on the day after you took the car to the car wash for the first time in months . |
| 13 | Luca Comani mopped up the Blue Seal Stakes for the sixth time in seven years with promising newcomer Queen 's View . |
| 14 | Foreign investors were allowed direct access into domestic stock markets for the first time from June 5 . |
| 15 | The impasse was eventually broken after the Prime Minister invoked an arcane constitutional device to create more PCP Senators [ see p. 37705 ] , and used a closure motion for the first time within Canada 's upper chamber . |
| 16 | ‘ Live ’ delivered a hit single in ‘ No Woman No Cry ’ and put Marley into the album charts for the first time . |
| 17 | It was under Dick Graham that Palace won promotion to Division Two to leave the lower reaches of the Football League for the first time in 39 years . |
| 18 | Scott , revealing details of the 500-page bid document for the first time , insisted the big selling point was the proximity of the sports venues to the competitors ' village , which would be in a canalside setting in the heart of the city . |
| 19 | Now available by mail order for the first time ( call for a brochure ) , we have 30 Make-Up Removers worth £7.25 each to give away . |
| 20 | In a major government reorganization in Croatia on Aug. 1 Tudjman included opposition politicians for the first time in a new " government of democratic unity " which continued to be dominated by the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) with 11 out of 27 posts . |
| 21 | A PUBLIC inquiry today could make legal history as the Nature Conservancy Council attempts for the first time to purchase compulsorily a farmer 's land to protect a rich wildlife habitat . |
| 22 | Absolutely anything is preferable to sitting down to read through your auditing notes for the umpteenth time . |
| 23 | This established licensing hours for the first time , and put brewers on the defensive . |
| 24 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
| 25 | I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time . |
| 26 | Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years . |
| 27 | The end of a 10-year drought : David Gower hits the winning runs and England have beaten Pakistan in a Test match for the first time since 1982 |
| 28 | The end of a 10-year drought : David Gower hits the winning runs and England have beaten Pakistan in a Test match for the first time since 1982 |
| 29 | I could be bathing the children , watching that Thomas the Tank Engine video for the 100th time … |
| 30 | These will allow Chinese enterprises independent decision-making powers for the first time and allow them to compete with each other in the marketplace . |