Example sentences of "[adj] for the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 2 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 3 | We 'll continue to improve our strategy until we eliminate these potentially unsafe conditions — we 're already working on getting it right for the next overhaul in 1993 . |
| 4 | Is it possible for the ordinary man in the street to become confident and competent in handling a computer system , whether it be in his office or in his home ? |
| 5 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 6 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 7 | Derek Malcolm might have a point when he says that our idea of ‘ glamour ’ has also changed — making it possible for the 90s woman in the street to look glamorous , too . |
| 8 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 9 | One feels sorry for the little ones in some circumstances and they nearly become like children — but not quite . |
| 10 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that an enormous number of people in Herefordshire are very grateful for the spectacular increase in knee and hip replacements that has taken place in that health authority 's area during the past 10 years ? |
| 11 | I am grateful for the constructive way in which my hon. Friend is addressing the problem . |
| 12 | As we stepped into the street , behind the others , as grateful for the iced Cokes in prospect as they were , she whispered to me : ‘ You are doing well , Adolph . |
| 13 | On the very Sunday that the new church opened we looked in vain for the empty seats in St Luke 's : it seemed that God had given to us at the mother church a new group of people who had either moved into the area or who were to be converted and we saw the truth of the saying : ‘ Give and it will be given to you , pressed down and running over . ’ |
| 14 | Penetrance was almost complete for the recessive homozygote in all liability classes . |
| 15 | It is usual for the extra length in the long format to be used to extend the precision of the fraction , while the range of exponents is the same in all formats . |
| 16 | It was memorable for the endless grind in one gully where the snow was waist-deep and we had to swim upwards , and for the point where we emerged on to the easterly ridge with views to Lyngen , and a wind that had bared the slopes and put our teeth on edge . |
| 17 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 18 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 19 | It is curious that it should have happened , that Michel came upon the scene the very instant she was really free for the first time in her life . |
| 20 | She felt triumphantly free for the first time in her life . |
| 21 | Now I 've found out that he is n't my father I 'm learning to be free for the first time in my life , do you understand ? ’ |
| 22 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 23 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 24 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 25 | Will representations to other Governments be as strong as possible to encourage them to make the sort of contributions to the know-how fund and to know-how activity that is absolutely crucial for the developing economies in central and eastern Europe , and without which they will never develop democratic politics as well ? |
| 26 | He needed to let off steam , and it was impossible for the other people in the bar not to overhear . |
| 27 | The model so formed is appropriate for the further stages in the methodology and the database will be shareable , a fundamental justification for the database approach . |
| 28 | Blake was content for the first time in days . |
| 29 | Moreover , hitherto unexploited elements of warfare — defensive barbed wire and massed machine-guns — were being deployed along the whole front of some 563km/350mls , manned for the first time in history by millions of men . |
| 30 | In short , whatever the state does is functional for the capitalist class in the long run , so the theory is immunized against any conflicting evidence . |