Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ … |
| 2 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 3 | It is eager to scotch rumours that the withdrawal of the Official Custodian will mean that its COIF ( Charities Official Investment Funds ) common investment funds will also disappear , and for the first time it has issued a brochure to advertise its products . |
| 4 | Bush said that although " there are some things in it I had to gag and digest " , he would sign it " because for the first time it makes significant and long-term cuts in federal spending that should have a positive impact on America 's economic future " . |
| 5 | For the first time it includes children 's wear and one of the best known names in British fashion — Hardy Amies , now living in the Cotswolds and still designer to the Queen . |
| 6 | For the first time he has the respect of all sections of his party . |
| 7 | For the first time he has revealed that his controversial substitution in the European Championship finals came after a series of confrontations . |
| 8 | Being rude about Palin feels like bombing Switzerland , but for the first time he seems , with this series , to be to post-Python what Paul McCartney was to post-Beatles . |
| 9 | Up to this moment he has always behaved as spontaneously as an animal , surrendering to appetite and vomiting ; now for the first time he makes a considered choice . |
| 10 | For the first time she looks at me . |
| 11 | For the first time she looks straight at me . |
| 12 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 13 | The electrical problem arises from the finite time it takes a signal to travel across a chip . |
| 14 | The money is automatically taken out of your current account in the same time it takes to clear a cheque , roughly three days . |
| 15 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 16 | I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up . |
| 17 | At the same time it does not seem enough . |
| 18 | I am sure you will agree that it is in the best interests of the traditions of our society that there should be these circumspect checks and controls on what a public authority is permitted to do to interfere in the private lives of individuals , but at the same time it does make it difficult to act promptly and , in certain cases , and this must be one of them , one can only regret the outcome . ’ |
| 19 | But , at the same time it does take the burden off them . |
| 20 | So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised . |
| 21 | It is a body that simultaneously defines the continents and divides them from each other ; at the same time it knits together some of their distant and improbably linked civilizations , as well as their anthropologies and histories . |
| 22 | It feels very reassuring to the person and at the same time it allows them to become accustomed to your touch . |
| 23 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 24 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 25 | It has antiseptic properties to help fight pimples , acts like a cleanser because it draws dirt out of pores , yet at the same time it moisturises and softens too . |
| 26 | Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline . |
| 27 | The local residents organisation says it 's opposed to laws that segregate residential areas on the grounds of race , but at the same time it accuses the state of appearing reluctant to apply laws governing squatting . |
| 28 | At the same time it keeps a marketing hand on the tiller for products such as marine , yacht , packaging , coil and powder coatings . |
| 29 | Television , itself a constant passive-oral indulgence , stimulates and satisfies sadistic fantasies ; at the same time it blunts responsiveness to one 's sadistic impulses . |
| 30 | It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text . |