Example sentences of "made [prep] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This policy statement made for the first time in this context a distinction in the Secretary of State 's approach to mandatory life sentences on the one hand and discretionary life sentences on the other . |
| 2 | A similar discovery was made about the same time by the Russian scientist Lev Davidovich Landau . |
| 3 | A major problem with early computers was the question of reliability ; pessimistic forecasts were made of the mean time to failure of assemblies of several thousand valves , and a prime consideration in designing a computer was to make it as simple as possible . |
| 4 | As well as the contents of the official register ( use official form of request for certificate of search ) , search is invariably made at the same time for other information noted on the records of the local authority of which a buyer needs to be informed ( two forms here ; one for London boroughs and one for all other district councils ) . |
| 5 | Assuming that the ultimate disclosure is made at the same time under either rule , they receive only $50 for their share without insider trading . |
| 6 | It was William Beveridge who hailed a revolution in public administration : ‘ We have … under the stress of war , made practical discoveries in the art of government almost comparable to the immense discoveries made at the same time in the art of flying ’ . |