Example sentences of "place [prep] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | For instance , in the Villa Alta dialect of Zapotec ( Mexico ) , it is necessary to distinguish between events which take place for the first time with respect to particular participants and those which are repetitions . |
2 | Captain of the 1975–76 team that won an FA Cup semi-final place for the first time in the club 's history , and then of the side which gained promotion to Division Two the following season , Ian 's future with us looked rosy indeed . |
3 | The Bramham Three Day Event took place for the first time in 1974 . |
4 | The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " . |
5 | The various experiments taking place at the present time in the use of graded tests ( for example in the Borough of Croydon ) tend to show that this form of examination would , in all kinds of ways , be preferable to the system we have . |
6 | Earlier that year he had met a merchant from London who had money to spare and was looking for a likely speculation and Harry , being in the right place at the right time for once , had sold him the idea of investing in a privateering cruise to the Americas . |
7 | Basler have a knack of being in the right place at the right time for acquiring military disposals , their ramp is currently full for former Canadian Armed Forces Daks , awaiting their turn for conversion . |
8 | They 're the people who press all the buttons to make sure that Central 's programmes , commercials and trailers are in the right place at the right time for you to watch . |
9 | A lot of the work in this field is logistical : getting the right people to the right place at the right time with the right equipment . |
10 | The trials of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four , provide damning evidence of the state 's corrupt disregard for the rights of innocent people unfortunate to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong kind of Irish accent . |
11 | Fate had put her in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man . |
12 | ‘ My husband was a very good poet , as you know , but he was unlucky , one of those people who are always in the wrong place at the wrong time in his career . |
13 | The second practice run takes place at the same time on Thursday . |
14 | And yet we often find that examinations take place at the very time of year when there is most likelihood of a heatwave . |