Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] time the " in BNC.
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| 31 | For the first time the problem of synthesising diamonds could now be expressed in terms of the ways the atoms were arranged and rearranged ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 32 | for the first time the government is encouraging communities to take part in a groundwater scheme . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Although the same group of physicists has found good evidence for the production of B mesons at CESR before , this latest result shows for the first time the explicit decay of B mesons into less-rare , longer-lived particles ( Physical Review Letters , vol 50 , p 881 ) . |
| 36 | ISO should reveal for the first time the fine details of star-birth . |
| 37 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 38 | For the first time the man looked sceptical . |
| 39 | Now for the first time the ferret can progress beyond the rabbit and get at its head . |
| 40 | For the first time the bright smile had vanished from Mr Chan 's lips . |
| 41 | This instigated for the first time the right of appellation in the form of the Appellation d'Origine Controlée ( AOC ) and regulations were imposed including a cunning proviso which dumped the entire issue of the Aube wines and the controversial ‘ Champagne Deuxième Zone ’ firmly in the lap of the judiciary . |
| 42 | To the north the broken arches and stumps of the ruined Benedictine abbey gleamed golden in the afternoon sun against the crinkled blue of the sea and , breasting a small ridge , he glimpsed for the first time the topsail of Larksoken Mill and beyond it , against the skyline , the great grey bulk of Larksoken Nuclear power Station . |
| 43 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 44 | As a young Christian exclaimed to me on realizing for the first time the titanic implications of this claim , ‘ I always knew Christianity was true , but I never realized it was this true ! ’ |
| 45 | For the first time the new cannon offered relative ease of production , and a greater degree of safety in use , unlike the former practice of building up the guns from iron bands held together with loops . |
| 46 | Overall control was returned to the Inspector-General , and for the first time the jurisdiction of the regular police was extended to cover entire districts . |
| 47 | As she shares Christmas dinner with her brother Charles , Diana will experience for the first time the trauma she has dreaded since the cracks first showed in her marriage . |
| 48 | FOR the first time the Duke of Westminster is broke — on paper . |
| 49 | Another splendidly flighted pass found McClair in the danger zone , but not for the first time the Scot 's control was wayward . |
| 50 | For the first time the annual incorporates details of the leading cider makers . |
| 51 | In 1960 the Rat Pack — Sinatra , Lawford , Martin , Davis and Bishop — came together to make Ocean 's Eleven , a caper that became a classic only because it featured for the first time the nucleus of the clan . |
| 52 | For the first time the Labour Party — hitherto little more than a pressure group promoting immediate working-class interests in Parliament — was announcing a coherent and independent intervention in the debate on foreign policy . |
| 53 | For the first time the three students in the back began to relax and pull off their nylon masks . |
| 54 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 55 | For the first time the role of the Church of England was explained as the Via Media Anglicana , a middle way between Rome and Geneva . |
| 56 | LONELY toddler Demelza Young cuddles for the first time the answer to her dreams — her new granny . |
| 57 | ASH , Action on Smoking and Health , said the new move meant that for the first time the true toll of smoking would be seen ‘ in black and white ’ . |
| 58 | It broke Tony Cottee … and the Everton striker reveals for the first time the enormous cost of carrying the tag of Britain 's costliest player . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |