Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides .
2 Members of the foreign press were allowed as observers for the first time and ‘ dialogue ’ was the stated aim of the congress and also of the CPPCC to follow .
3 In the case of the socially similar Japanese macaques such individuals may live as solitaries for a long time , growing in size and strength .
4 Univariate ( or projection ) forecasts arise when forecasts of a given time series ( such as successive monthly sales of a particular product ) depend only on present and past observations of the given series .
5 Remember that cases which have apparently recovered , can remain as carriers for a considerable time and can only be detected by laboratory isolation from nasal swabs .
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