Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , in the 1890s the British for the first time consistently encouraged headmen to report all cases . |
| 2 | Imagine if Mr Osborne were to try to sell the concept of milk , eggs or , heaven forbid , blue cheese to the British for the first time — how would you rate his chances ? |
| 3 | It 's the last I 'll see of the outside for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | The average family pays nearly £2,000 a year in interest on debts and mortgages , but last year we ran our household budgets in the black for the first time since the mid-Eighties — and managed to tuck away £10.6 billion in savings . |
| 5 | ‘ Stick players who try the Grand for the first time are surprised at how fast they adapt to it , ’ says inventor , manufacturer and player Emmett Chapman . |
| 6 | These roads not only allowed the fenlands to be exploited to the full for the first time , they also changed the way of life there , to an extent never seen before or since . |
| 7 | Equally personal is Janet Smith 's The World Outside My Window , the first piece she has made since disbanding her company and the first in a long time that she has made to please herself . |
| 8 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 9 | The figures announced today for the most recent month are the best for a long time and continue the trend of recent months . |
| 10 | ‘ The atmosphere on Friday was the best for a long time and if any of the ladies want to come along , they will be more than welcome ! ’ |
| 11 | I personally do not touch any drugs , alcohol or smoking materials , yet I still think that this music is the best in a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ The highest score is awarded to the person who shoots the best in the shortest time . ’ |
| 13 | She has the whip-hand for the first time since the cock-up over the separation when they had to apologise for making it known that the knives were out for the Duchess . |
| 14 | The both at the same time I think |
| 15 | ‘ The spirits respect me ; I have had to do with the dead for a long time . ’ |
| 16 | Some flights are delayed , a few for a long time . |
| 17 | The microwave combination 's ability to prime cook à la carte dishes in about a fifth of the usual time offers opportunities to introduce items on the menu which traditionally have meant advance ordering , for example , racks of lamb , beef Wellingtons , en croûte dishes and so on . |
| 18 | then , by setting a fifth of the usual time , a ball park figure was laid down for trail and error , up and down the variables until a best method was agreed by all . |
| 19 | If you speak for more than about a fifth of the total time this is not appraisal , it 's lecturing , or worse , pontificating . |
| 20 | By 1970 there were more than half a million students at a now expanded network of higher education , and in 1980 the number exceeded a million for the first time , taking in roughly a quarter of the relevant age group . |
| 21 | Many schools devote almost a third of the allotted time for each lesson to these exercises . |
| 22 | There was , however , no inclination on the part of the Maltese to take a more adventurous approach even after going behind and they remained keen to foil the kind of movement off the ball being displayed by Jess , eagerly starting an international for the first time . |