Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offence is in outline very similar to the pre-existing offence under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5A , although it adds ‘ behaviour ’ to the list of proscribed activities for the first time . |
| 2 | There was another sound , too , a strange noise for the bright time of noonday . |
| 3 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 4 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 5 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 6 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 7 | With the football decider having ended in deadlock Carlow champions Eire Og and O'Donovan Rossa of Cork must meet again this afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick to decide which side lifts the prestigious trophy for a first time . |
| 8 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 9 | Although there was no official statement concerning the content of the agenda , it was widely believed that the two sides would begin detailed discussions for the first time since the negotiations began in July 1990 . |
| 10 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 11 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 12 | They were driving into the city now , and she looked around her , seeing it with different eyes for the first time , seeing it as a garrulous old lady with so much to tell to anyone willing to listen . |
| 13 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 14 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 15 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 16 | The Norwegian whaling fleet has already set sail to study stock sizes and to establish how many fish minke whales eat , and in May will begin commercial catches for the first time since 1987 . |
| 17 | Towards morning , Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years . |
| 18 | His uncle was fend of French fries and he tells the empty corridor for the hundredth time that they are called chips over there and they are eaten with vinegar . |
| 19 | Osijek , Vinkovci and Pakrac in the east experienced bombardments of unprecedented severity during the night of Sept. 11-12 , and Kostajnica ( on the Croatia-Bosnia border 60 miles south of Zagreb ) fell to Serbian forces on Sept. 12 , bringing a section of Bosnia into the Serbian zone for the first time . |
| 20 | The lads were ‘ bang up for it — Talking Heads has been one of our favourite bands for a long time ’ , and another odd musical alliance was struck up , adding to a curious list of collaborations including the Velvet Underground 's John Cale ( who produced ‘ Squirrel And G-Man ’ ) and Donovan ( who supported them on tour ) . |
| 21 | me proper meeting for a long time . |
| 22 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 23 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 24 | In the years immediately after the Second World War , the particular concerns of old age became a subject for serious social investigation for the first time . |
| 25 | British universities for a long time were relatively much more interested in the anthropological investigation of so-called ‘ primitive ’ societies in the more remote areas of the world , and British sociology constituted a relatively minor discipline , centred mainly on the London School of Economics . |
| 26 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 27 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 28 | It was 27 days since Rashid had left his office at Iraqi Airlines for the last time . |
| 29 | Personal best : Anthony Mason of Ipswich Harriers cleared seven metres in the high jump for the first time in his career |
| 30 | Robson is now even more determined to assist United in the overriding ambition of bringing the League title to Old Trafford for the first time in 25 years . |