Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 2 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 3 | These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets . |
| 4 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
| 5 | So she went on watching and noticed for the first time that Mrs Files had lovely hands , long-fingered , fine-textured , graceful in their mundane task . |
| 6 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 7 | FIFTIES star Connie Francis has confessed for the first time that she does not like her biggest hits . |
| 8 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 9 | Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis . |
| 10 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 11 | An appropriate calculation or formula for the amount of contingency required at any particular time should be agreed at the same time that the initial sire of the contingency is determined . |
| 12 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 13 | An analysis of soil samples from a Kurdish village has proved for the first time that in 1988 Iraqi armed forces used nerve gas as well as mustard gas in air raids against civilians . |
| 14 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk , making a public apology for Ukraine 's part in the massacre , acknowledged for the first time that Babi Yar had been primarily a massacre of Jews , and commentators noted that the ceremony was also a way of emphasising the government 's insistence on minority rights in Ukraine ( where 500,000 Jews still lived ) . |
| 15 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 16 | And I was fortunate that my scientific reputation increased at the same time that my disability got worse . |
| 17 | Asahi Shinwa , which reported a fee income of Y16.3bn in 1991 , announced at the same time that it would be terminating several international joint ventures established with E&Y International . |
| 18 | It was announced at the same time that two others had been executed in the Sumatran town of Medan in October 1989 . |
| 19 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 20 | It was also announced at the same time that Ong Teng Cheong , the other Deputy Prime Minister , was suffering from cancer . |
| 21 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news programme , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
| 22 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
| 23 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has admitted for the first time that Princess Diana 's marriage is in trouble . |
| 24 | ENGLAND boss Graham Taylor has admitted for the first time that his team flopped in the European Championship finals because they were n't fit enough . |
| 25 | The United Nations ' mediator , Diego Cordovez , admitted for the first time that a Geneva agreement on a Soviet troop withdrawal would only be the starting point for a settlement . |
| 26 | In February 1990 the Chinese government admitted for the first time that HIV infection had spread to China in significant numbers , particularly to the south-western province of Yunnan , which because of its proximity to the " golden triangle " of drug production in Thailand and Burma had a relatively high number of intravenous drug users . |
| 27 | However , the Palace did deny a report that senior royal officials had admitted for the first time that the marriage was in difficulty . |
| 28 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 29 | When a dispute arose under the contract , it was discovered for the first time that the copy returned by B had a number of terms printed on the back , in German , including a clause conferring jurisdiction in relation to disputes under the contract on the German courts . |
| 30 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |