Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was another sound , too , a strange noise for the bright time of noonday . |
| 2 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 3 | In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations , there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions . |
| 4 | Alcohol has edged down from 80 to 78 per mille , but leisure services have risen from 32 per mille to 62 , entirely as a result of the inclusion for the first time of foreign holidays , which are now deemed to account for 30 per mille ( 3 per cent ) of the cost of living . |
| 5 | During a visit to Beijing , the Chinese capital , Abdullah al-Kuwaizi , the Deputy Minister of Finance and National Economy , announced on April 19 , 1989 , the establishment for the first time of formal trade relations with China . |
| 6 | Mengistu referred to the presence at an OAU summit for the first time of African National Congress deputy president Nelson Mandela , whom he described as " a shining symbol of the struggle for liberation " . |
| 7 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |
| 8 | One of these was a gradual trend towards laying off workers in their early sixties in the belief that age made them less efficient , and the introduction for the first time of fixed retirement ages . |