Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] time in " in BNC.
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1 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
2 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
3 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
4 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
5 | The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months . |
6 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
7 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
8 | He was arrested and tried for the first time in April 1916 . |
9 | Parallel procedural changes occurred at the same time in the Senate , but other factors were at work there too . |
10 | Yes , they 've got a week or two to get it together and send it in , but we know from what people have pledged that that 's what we can expect at least , and that 's from over a thousand cyclists ranging from , I saw one child in a seat behind their parents on a bike , up to an eighty nine year old lady from Brill who cycled for the first time in years and really enjoyed it . |
11 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
12 | In a decree issued on July 15 , Shaikh Jabir authorized for the first time in the emirate 's history the borrowing of up to KD10,000 million ( $34,000 million ) on international finance markets to rebuild the country 's economy and pay allied military bills . |
13 | Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty . |
14 | Slough , Berkshire-based Ambitron Ltd showed for the first time in the UK the low cost desktop virtual reality system — CrystalEyes VR — and three-dimensional video system from Stereographics Corp of San Rafael , at the Virtual Reality ‘ 93 Conference in London earlier this month . |
15 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
16 | On Aug. 16 , as a shipment of UN relief arrived for the first time in the southern port of Kismayo , a local militia which had been hired to protect it stole 600 tonnes of food and fuel . |
17 | In a sense it is a personal keeping of the ‘ minutes ’ of what occurred at conferences or in battles which will remind the writer what happened at a precise time in the course of events . |
18 | Even the Ottoman empire began for the first time in its history to acquire some more or less clearly defined boundaries when , after the treaty of Carlowitz of 1699 , joint commissions were set up to demarcate its frontiers with Habsburg territory . |
19 | He prayed for the first time in years to the Holy Spirit to come and take his brother 's soul . |
20 | Doreen glanced down , and blushed for the first time in a long while . |
21 | This was known as the PC-5A and flew for the first time in July 1939 . |
22 | Educated at Eton and then sent to Europe to improve himself , he worked for a short time in various jobs in ‘ the city ’ before becoming an ADC to the Governor of Australia . |
23 | After leaving the magazine , Caroline worked for a short time in the Cardiff newsroom . |
24 | She exhibited for the first time in spring 1900 at the New English Art Club , an organization with strong Slade connections , and continued to show there twice yearly until 1903 . |
25 | When she got home , she felt for the first time in months the need to write a letter , to commit her thoughts and feelings to paper and communicate through the medium of paper and pen with someone . |
26 | He felt for the first time in his life what it must be like to be one of them and was overwhelmed with a feeling of sadness and futility . |
27 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
28 | Ironically , given the state of collapse of communism across Eastern Europe and the avowed reformist intentions of the BCP , when Lukanov 's proposals for the composition of his government were approved by the National Assembly on Feb. 8 Bulgaria acquired for the first time in its history an all-communist government . |
29 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
30 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |