Example sentences of "[noun pl] for the [num ord] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 2 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 3 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
| 4 | Some of these activities related to institutional developments ( for example , on diversification ) , others to new ways of approaching familiar ground ( for example , on school experience ) , others to new approaches to the packaging of knowledge and its applications ( for example , a conference on communication studies held in 1978 ) , others to the representation of existing activities for the first time in higher education ( for example , in the creative and performing arts ) , and yet others on the mechanics of the CNAA 's own work in validating courses and seeking to assure standards ( for example , a conference on the role of external examiners held in October 1978 ) . |
| 5 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 6 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 7 | PETER Shreeves was sacked by Spurs for the second time in six years yesterday . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 9 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 10 | If the women really are changing the parturition rules for the second time in ten years , it is probably more to keep the men on the hop than anything else — just as black people keep changing the name you are allowed to call them in order to keep whitey on his toes . |
| 11 | Sung looked up , meeting Bergson 's cold grey eyes for the first time in their interview , then looked down again , understanding perfectly . |
| 12 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 13 | Fielding candidates for the first time in 1987 , it had a PV of 11.8 , but a PS of only 8.4 . |
| 14 | PAUL ELLIOTT , Chelsea centre-back , has injured cruciate knee ligaments for the second time in his career . |
| 15 | Boots The chemist are to open pharmacy concessions for the first time in seven JS branches in late July . |
| 16 | ‘ Tennis came back to the Olympics for the first time in Seoul , and maybe now that it is recognised again as an Olympic sport , it will become more important in East Germany . |
| 17 | Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career . |
| 18 | My low fat eating programme , detailed in my Hip and Thigh Diet books , has helped hundreds of thousands of overweight men and women to lose weight and inches from their problem areas for the first time in their lives ! |
| 19 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 20 | The main concrete results of the summit were ( i ) the signing of an agreement banning the production of chemical weapons ; ( ii ) a set of accords normalizing commercial relations between the two countries for the first time in 50 years ; and ( iii ) a provisional treaty on nuclear weapons . |
| 21 | COUNCILLORS in Midlothian yesterday decided to increase the district 's council house rents for the first time in four years . |
| 22 | A chapel-reared Cornish boy , he was far from home , working in Salisbury , drinking in pubs for the first time in his life , sleeping rough in a wood . |
| 23 | And Port Vale are set to take around 22,000 fans to the twin towers for the second time in a week . |
| 24 | Three seminars were recently held for general SVQ co-ordinators from schools , colleges , and other centres offering the awards for the first time in August 1993 . |
| 25 | What a pleasure it is to hear some of these pieces for the first time in clear digital sound ! |
| 26 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
| 27 | Hall fire : A Huyton community centre has been attacked by arsonists for the third time in a month . |
| 28 | On March 20 and October 9 , Saturn and Pluto cross swords for the first time in two decades . |
| 29 | I remember some years ago being called by a man who told me he had just now heard things for the first time in the Beethoven Fifth . |
| 30 | Many people seemed to become aware of such things for the first time in their lives . |