Example sentences of "for the [num ord] time [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very shortly the Court of Appeal is to hear for the second time the cases of James Robinson , Michael Hickey and Vincent Hickey , found guilty in November 1979 of the murder in 1978 of Carl Bridgewater , the newspaper boy , in Staffordshire . |
| 2 | There had been four women members in the outgoing Majlis , and in the April 10 vote for the first time a women was elected to represent a constituency outside Tehran ( in the holy city of Mashad ) . |
| 3 | In the higher sea level of the first interglacial , any mud left would be at too great depths to be disturbed by waves and hence for the first time the seas would be clear enough for reef-building corals to flourish . |
| 4 | But one winter she got flu , her work was sapped and for the first time the critics were unkind . |
| 5 | This report describes for the first time the changes of UOS pressure that occur during spontaneous gastro-oesophageal reflux in unsedated children . |
| 6 | Immediately — before Edmund 's soliloquy , Edgar , still in disguise , has given the letter to Albany ( 40–50 ) , and for the first time the forces of good have a superior knowledge over the hypocrites . |
| 7 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 8 | These photographs show for the first time the lives of people who , in the spirit of the age are changing from a silent minority into a rebellious one . |
| 9 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 10 | Microscopy has come a long way since the 1670s when Antonie van Leewenhoek used his relatively crude instruments to see for the first time the bacteria that inhabit worlds normally hidden from the naked eye . |
| 11 | For the first time the cosmonauts managed to coax the plant arabidopsis , chosen for its brief life cycle of about 40 days , to produce seeds in space . |
| 12 | But for the first time the clippings are not being dumped . |
| 13 | We 're in the happy position of not needing any more money , so for the first time the bosses are n't in it for the profit . |
| 14 | EVERY YEAR the British Film Institute issues a package of British short films by up-and-coming movie-makers , giving you a chance to read for the first time the credits you 'll be seeing on Channel 4 in the next couple of years . |
| 15 | Paul Johnson , the Mail 's ‘ hired gun ’ , was recounting for the umpteenth time the glories of the Thatcher Years . |
| 16 | To imagine for the last time the forests and oceans , green and alive , the way they 'd always been in historical dramas . |