Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 2 | We have just arrived here with everything we have soaking wet and so we must just sit still till our clothes are dried and I take the opportunity of the idle time to write to you — |
| 3 | A new civil code which came into force in The Netherlands on 1 January this year introduced a number of changes , among which was the reduction of the statutory time limit within which criminal proceedings must be initiated against thieves or holders of stolen property from thirty years to twenty . |
| 4 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 5 | There was one more group dealt a glancing blow by the Prince around the same time : and this was Britain 's farmers . |
| 6 | Ten fighter jets from Upper Heyford have left the base for the last time , as the American operation there begins to wind down . |
| 7 | The material is impounded until the expiry of the ordinary time within which an appeal may be instituted , after which it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of . |
| 8 | If an abatement notice , served in compliance with s.93 of the 1936 Act , is not complied with at the expiry of the specified time , or the local authority thinks that the nuisance , although abated , is likely to recur , s.94(1) of that Act provides that it is the duty of the local authority to institute summary proceedings for a nuisance order , in order to obtain compliance with the notice or otherwise abatement of the nuisance . |
| 9 | If your Windows Program Manager is not too crowded you may , by sizing and arranging , be able to display all the program groups and all the icons at the same time . |
| 10 | The minister did not believe that Tameside Council could properly implement the change within the limited time available . |
| 11 | The number of boys fluctuated around 100 , but the School at last seemed to have become viable , a credit balance appearing in the accounts for the first time . |
| 12 | The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . |
| 13 | Whether this clamour is loud enough to bring about so fundamental a change in the EEC at the very time when Community institutions wish to move in the opposite direction is a question which needs now to be addressed . |
| 14 | In 1906 an adverse report by the Board of Education 's inspectors on infant education led to the Board for the first time limiting school provision for children under five — hitherto the normal age for the entry of working-class children to full-time education had been three . |
| 15 | When the athletic Can Can girls had done the splits for the umpteenth time , the old master , 83-year-old George Williams , played on the state of his health . |
| 16 | I think we must twist his arm to see if he can repeat the trick in the longer time available in one of our winter talks . |
| 17 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 18 | Say the sentence for the last time . |
| 19 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
| 20 | And if you 've got any money left er the calendars and diaries Brenda has taken the names today and the money at the same time when you order . |
| 21 | The right-wing Popular Party ( PP ) improved its position and the Alava Union ( UA ) , a new provincial splinter group of PP , entered the parliament for the first time . |
| 22 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 23 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 24 | While it would be possible to restrict the use of some of these functions to particular staff , all are within the comprehension of the first time user . |
| 25 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 26 | After gathering again in Milton Keynes in the early hours of this morning they all decided to leave the field at the same time , but there were only two exits . |
| 27 | ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach . |
| 28 | Then , on 20 June , the Germans for the first time employed a new type of diphosgene gas shell . |
| 29 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 30 | We will continue to from two three we will continue to dig the foundations in the mean time we hope the concrete the concrete will be arriving on site to complete those footings . |