Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was held on 16 February 1936 and for the first time in the history of the Second Republic involved an evenly matched contest between large , cohesive left- and right-wing alliances ; the Radical Party virtually disappeared as a significant force , leaving the political centre effectively unrepresented . |
| 32 | He made no announcement until 19 October , and perhaps did not even close his own mind until no more than a week earlier , but on 3 October , the same day that the Italian attack was eventually launched , he went to Bournemouth and for the first time in seven years addressed the Conservative Party Conference . |
| 33 | Katherine stood up quickly and crossed to the drinks cabinet , her fingers tracing the metal discs on the cut-glass decanters … and for the first time in many months thought about Dermot Corcoran , her late husband . |
| 34 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
| 35 | Her head rocked , and for the first time in her life , she quite literally saw stars . |
| 36 | At the end of all this I had lost about two stones and for the first time in my life , felt very nervy . |
| 37 | She was conscious of his deeply sensual masculinity , and for the first time in her life recognised the electrically charged power of a virile male . |
| 38 | Behind the sunglasses her eyes closed and she slept — and for the first time in ages slept dreamlessly . |
| 39 | And for the first time in five years , the average cost of building a house dropped from the year before — from £25,338 in 1991/92 , to £24,537 in 1992/ 93 . |
| 40 | Labour had gained over 130 seats , and for the first time in history it was the strongest party in the state . |
| 41 | The work was not taxing and for the first time in his life he had flexible free hours . |
| 42 | And for the first time in my life I found myself appreciating the statuesque Gallic appearance of my hooter . |
| 43 | But this was a great feeling of what we had been used to over the years in watching American movies and , with our tongue in cheek and a bit of a giggle , seeing the adventures of the cavalry arriving , And for the first time in our years of combat I had a glow , a rosy glow , inside me and I knew and was certain for the very first time now we could not be beaten . |
| 44 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 45 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 46 | And for the first time in four and a half centuries … the new head boy is a GIRL ! |
| 47 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 48 | and for the first time in a long time … manager Smith can name an unchanged team … keep a winning side … |
| 49 | ‘ I have been in the game as player , coach and manager for 30 years and for the first time in the last three months I can feel the adrenalin starting to flow again , ’ said Totten . |
| 50 | Troubled by a cold and a painful left shoulder , he managed only a 73 and for the third time in four starts missed the cut . |
| 51 | Realising that rowing was n't viable long-term , he soon became interested in karate and after a short time at the university club looked further afield for tutoring . |
| 52 | Captain Goldsborough , wrapped in his thick , black fur , and with a little time to while away until the road should be clear of wedding-carriages , appeared to be telling her so . |
| 53 | could not temper itself , but needs she must bewray her outrageous lust , and in an inconvenient time of the year , despising all discommodities of the way and weather , and all danger of thieves , she betook herself headlong to her journey with such a company as no man of any honest degree would have adventured his life and his goods among them . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Another angle on psychological differences between blacks and whites is given by Worthy and Markle who argue that white sportsmen do better at self-paced activities , ‘ ones in which the individual responds , when he chooses , to a relatively static or unchanging stimulus ’ , whereas blacks have an edge in reactive activities , ‘ in which the individual must respond appropriately and at the right time to changes in the stimulus situation ’ ( 1970 ) . |
| 56 | Under the Mental Health Act 1959 patients maintained on guardianship orders knew that drug treatment could be enforced and therefore appeared regularly for depot injection on the right day and at the right time without pressure or demur . |
| 57 | Advances in electronic and micro processors enabling fuel to be delivered in the right quantity and at the optimum time in the combustion process now allow an efficiency to be achieved that Dr Rudolf Diesel could never have dreamed of in 1892 . |
| 58 | Similar displacements occurred and Africans were confined to reserves in Kenya , or to tribal trust lands in Zimbabwe ( Southern Rhodesia ) and at the present time in the Bantustans by the Republic of South Africa . |
| 59 | In the words of King ( 1987 ) the potential of agroforestry is ‘ … fast becoming recognised as a system which is capable of yielding both wood and food and at the same time of conserving and rehabilitating ecosystems ’ . |
| 60 | Lesley Faragher is Britain 's top lady rodeo star yet is decidedly feminine , quiet , petite and at the same time of writing possesses the warm glow as an expectant mother . |