Example sentences of "[det] for the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
| 3 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 4 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 5 | Does he also admit that for the first time in the history of the national health service , waiting lists for day patients and in-patients combined have risen above 900,000 people ? |
| 6 | It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court . |
| 7 | And I think a significant point is that for the first time in ninety three we were likely to take something in , in relation to B Sky B. |
| 8 | They compared the average mispricing in the near contract during the stock exchange account which included the delivery date , with that in the next near contract for the same period , and with that for the near contract in previous stock exchange accounts . |
| 9 | I repeat my view , which is shared by my constituents , that a squalid and cowardly decision was announced last week , spelling out the fact that there is one law for those with a voice in the Tory party and another for the ordinary individual in the urban and rural communities of Wales and England . |
| 10 | Presumably this will make it easier for voters in the Tory heartlands to shop abroad and avoid duty , though it may not do much for the Conservative vote in Kent . |
| 11 | The innuendo in this remark proved too much for the petite figure in the front row , who during the last few words was showing signs of unmistakable distress . |
| 12 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 13 | The above results of the General Accident Group for the six months ended 30th June 1993 , estimated and unaudited , are compared with those for the similar period in 1992 , which are restated at 31st December 1992 rates of exchange . |
| 14 | The above results of the General Accident Group for the three months ended 31st March 1993 , estimated and unaudited , are compared with those for the similar period in 1992 , which are restated at 31st December 1992 rates of exchange . |
| 15 | Sales for the three months ending April were 1.6 per cent more than those for the same quarter in 1992 . |
| 16 | Tallis was on her own for the first time in her eight years or so in this unimaginable land . |
| 17 | Liz , a 25-year-old single woman , had been living on her own for the previous year in a flat above a small craft shop that she ran together with her mother . |