Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [art] [num ord] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A PUBLIC inquiry today could make legal history as the Nature Conservancy Council attempts for the first time to purchase compulsorily a farmer 's land to protect a rich wildlife habitat . |
| 2 | It concerned only new developments and enabled local authorities for the first time to make town-planning schemes ‘ as respects any land which is in course of development or appears likely to be used for building purposes ’ . |
| 3 | It also ratified ordinances which allowed various crafts for the first time to organize their activities . |
| 4 | The legislation gives the police statutory powers for the first time to impose conditions on public meetings ( although not to ban them outright ) . |
| 5 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 6 | Ron George , leader of the Native Council of Canada , expressed his support for the package which , he said , would allow Canada 's native inhabitants for the first time to become " contributing members instead of poor statistics " . |
| 7 | Shooting raises fear of sectarian bloodbath Cardinals on either side of the Irish Sea yesterday joined forces for the first time to condemn the IRA , reports Gary Duncan . |
| 8 | The US-Soviet strategic arms reduction talks ( START — see p. 37223 ) resumed in Geneva on Jan. 22 with the signing of a new agreement allowing both sides for the first time to inspect each other 's nuclear warheads . |