Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [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 | The minister did not believe that Tameside Council could properly implement the change within the limited time available . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Say the sentence for the last time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Over the weekend I heard of the case of the disappearing Times Atlas , the one in five volumes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Reaching the hatch at the same time as the stranger outside , he collided with it , and they fell into each other 's arms . |
| 24 | Oddly enough , I would have thought it was the decision of the Financial Times to support Labour which swung many people behind the Conservatives at the last moment . |
| 25 | The decision by the Financial Times to back Labour for the first time since 1966 was attacked by Sir John Banham , director general of the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 26 | As sporting intros go , it ranked with the effort by the correspondent of the Irish Times at the Montreal Olympics of 1976 . |
| 27 | Is the certificate worth the extra time and considerable effort involved on top of implementing a TQM programme ? |
| 28 | In the first accident last October , climber Wayne Gladwyn dislodged a telly sized chunk from a ledge 40 feet above the Horseshoe Bend , unfortunately arriving on the deck at the same time as the rock , which narrowly missed giving him a potentially fatal bashing on the head . |
| 29 | The servants were subdued by the occasion , sensing at last that something was badly wrong , it was a rare occasion when all of them were summoned before the mistress at the same time . |
| 30 | She threw the sponge at the taps in disgust , and registered the peal of the doorbell at the same time . |