Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century . |
| 2 | In the event of trouble , many of the non-union operators now would have easier access — in some cases for the first time — to the political system and its protective police arm . |
| 3 | Along with the island 's hydro-electric scheme — bringing power to some houses for the first time — and the harbour improvements , the incident will probably go down in Shetland annals as another stage in Foula 's modernisation . |
| 4 | A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go . |
| 5 | Feeling himself very much at a crossroads , he delivered himself of some reflections on the modern times they were living through . |
| 6 | But much more important is to think of other trade magazines which might use your information and bring in some customers at the same time . |
| 7 | I 'd get you some fags at the same time . |
| 8 | The thrill of crossing the Knucklas viaduct with its castellated ends , some members for the first time . |
| 9 | She talked with him for nearly ten minutes , and as the officers drew her away , Walford snatched her hand and kissed it , ‘ some tears for the first time rolling down his cheeks ’ . |
| 10 | And earn yourself a few dollars at the same time . ’ |
| 11 | The recruitment of colonial troops , mainly by the French who hoped by this means to offset the demographic superiority of the Germans ( a subject anxiously discussed in the 1860s ) , brought some others for the first time into a European environment . |
| 12 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 13 | The adoption of such policies at a critical time in forest resource use averted what politicians like President Theodore Roosevelt described as a potential timber famine . |
| 14 | Many people seemed to become aware of such things for the first time in their lives . |
| 15 | The micro , which is itself able to display rich patterns of behaviour , perhaps presents us with these opportunities for the first time . |
| 16 | Indeed , given a campaign by Wulfhere as far as the coast , it is difficult to see how the whole extent of the northern territory of the western Saxons from Berkshire to Somerset could have escaped Mercian pressure in these years , creating perhaps precedents for further Mercian involvement in these districts at a later time . |
| 17 | In these texts for the first time we find ‘ precatory ’ being used to describe the essential nature of trusts , and as the key to discovering what legal institution is involved . |
| 18 | Nevertheless physicists have known about these effects for a long time ; indeed , measurements of splitting using radio frequency techniques ( with correspondingly low-energy photons ) provided the first direct evidence of non-spherical nuclei . |
| 19 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 20 | What a pleasure it is to hear some of these pieces for the first time in clear digital sound ! |
| 21 | Nevertheless , each of these traditions at the same time lays emphasis upon the ‘ immanence ’ ( presence ) of God in the world . |
| 22 | Not all practical methods of transfer pricing will meet these aims at the same time and compromises may have to be made . |
| 23 | We hope this will be of value to both feminists and philosophers approaching these questions for the first time . |
| 24 | There is however a problem , if one is trying to do both these things at the same time . |
| 25 | Is it a pure contradiction to affirm both these things at the same time ? |
| 26 | And I have n't had these dreams in a long time , and I used to never do anything like that . |
| 27 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 28 | Anyone using the double-paddle of these canoes for the first time finds his ( or her ) chest expanded in a strain on shoulder muscles he never knew were there until he started canoeing . |
| 29 | It codified these standards for the first time , the technical details of which were the main subject of the Oct. 24 compromise . |
| 30 | These findings from the three-decade time series of reliable vital statistics show that the relationship between maternal age and infant mortality may change with the reduction of the general level of infant mortality . |