Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 2 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 3 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 4 | The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg . |
| 5 | All was in vain ; the poor law functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the County Council , and on March 29th 1930 the Board of Guardians met for the last time . |
| 6 | Of these 145,000 were UNRWA refugees uprooted for the second time . |
| 7 | The Cowboys lost for the second time this season , going down 27–23 to the Los Angeles Rams when Aikman failed to produce a last-minute miracle . |
| 8 | He points to the benefit of having the two major Manchester rail stations linked for the first time by the Manchester Metro , and explains how LRT systems , connecting outlying communities to the mainline service , can open up new passenger markets . |
| 9 | But today belonged to the Buccaneers — with a final cheer as the planes left for the last time . |
| 10 | Electronic publishing software developer Interleaf Inc , Waltham , Massachusetts , will ship an enhanced version of its RDM relational document management system next month , with Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows versions planned for the first time . |
| 11 | that you will enter ports seen for the first time |
| 12 | In South Wales 11 major rivers were at danger levels with many homes and businesses hit for the second time in a week . |
| 13 | At Lingfield blinkers fitted for the first time could enable Bob Jones ' Lookingforarainbow to win the Daily Star Challenge Final . |
| 14 | Figures released for the first time by the Home Office prove our city streets are more dangerous for women than lonely country roads . |
| 15 | To determine whether proliferative patterns in flat rectal mucosal samples can predict the recurrence of adenomatous colorectal polyps , after polypectomy , rectal mucosal specimens removed from the lesions obtained at endoscopy from 55 patients diagnosed for the first time as having adenomatous colorectal polyps . |
| 16 | As Ciaran Fitzgerald 's charges bombed for the fourth time in succession to comfortably claim the tournament 's Wooden Spoon . |
| 17 | Tony joined in the songs , where he knew the words , and then the curtains closed for the last time . |
| 18 | New workplaces opened for the first time on or after 1 January 1993 or those that are modified or extended or converted should comply with the Regulations immediately . |
| 19 | For another 150 years after this , the Ottoman empire continued to expand northwards and westwards until a high-water mark was reached in 1683 , with Ottoman forces assembled for the second time before the gates of Vienna . |
| 20 | Yesterday afternoon the New York markets opened for the first time since Friday night and saw that sterling had weakened about 9 pfennigs since then . |
| 21 | No amount of persuasion would induce her to stay with us for more than a few days before she 'd vanish again to pursue her old habits , and on New Year 's Day 1967 , the police called for the last time . |
| 22 | In October , the Council hosted METROPIA XVI , a Euro-wide event for senior school pupils held for the first time in the UK |
| 23 | France 's total wine exports declined for the first time in a decade last year . |
| 24 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 25 | None the less , women married for the first time in the 1930s actually had family sizes only just below replacement rate . |
| 26 | Participants from the former Soviet republics attended for the first time on Nov. 23-24 a meeting in Paris of the 17-member Co-ordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls ( COCOM — once primarily a forum for controlling the acquisition of sensitive Western technology by the Soviet Union and its allies ) . |
| 27 | On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) . |
| 28 | , Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments , will give an illustrated talk , using specially commissioned slides seen for the first time , on the fascinating story of the oldest Royal Regalia in the British Isles . |
| 29 | It will now seem strange to see a silent Locomotive Shed ( Bldg A22 ) wit hits doors closed for the last time . |
| 30 | In thus questioning whether poverty should be defined as existence in conditions below the barest subsistence minimum , or whether a higher minimum standard should be established in the interests of humanity and of aiming for high national standards of comfort and efficiency , Bowley and his colleagues raised for the first time some of the problems concerning the definition of poverty , which have remained at issue ever since . |