Example sentences of "in [adj] [prep] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On visiting Hawes Water in 1801 for the first time , Wm . |
| 2 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 3 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 4 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 5 | I vividly recall meeting the young man in 1979 for the first time . |
| 6 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 7 | Carlisle 's negotiations for the restoration of the long-standing English trading privileges withdrawn on the execution of Charles I were unsuccessful , as were Hebdon 's own efforts when he returned to Russia in 1667 for the last time , this time as envoy himself . |
| 8 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 9 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 10 | Questions about shareholdings were put in 1987 for the first time , at the request of the Treasury , anxious to confirm and expand the conclusions of previous surveys by market research groups . |
| 11 | Britain 's engineering industry went into trade deficit in 1983 for the first time ( see chart ) . |
| 12 | The survey predicted that France would have lower inflation and higher growth than the OECD average in 1990 for the first time since 1970 , with retail price inflation expected to be 2.9 per cent and growth estimated at 3.1 per cent in 1990 . |
| 13 | The Commission published a report on competition policy on June 24 , 1991 , in which it said that the number of intra-EC mergers among larger companies had in 1990 for the first time exceeded that of purely national mergers . |