Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 32 | MOTHERWELL climbed to the top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time since League reconstruction 14 years ago with a 1-0 win over Rangers at Fir Park last night . |
| 33 | KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November . |
| 34 | Another was the last goal he scored for us , on 30 September 1967 when , in front of a record crowd for a League fixture of 30,006 , Terry struck the only goal of the match against QPR , to put the Palace on top of the 2nd Division for the first time in our history . |
| 35 | John Sewell has a unique claim to a place in any gallery of Palace heroes , because he was the popular and talented skipper of the team which took our club into the 1st Division for the first time in its history , back in 1969 . |
| 36 | North-East football joined in the celebrations with Newcastle United victorious at Leicester City ending any lingering doubts they might drop into the Third Division for the first time in their illustrious history . |
| 37 | The prospect of playing in the Premier Division for the first time in the decade which has elapsed since he played for Rangers has put a spring in the striker 's step . |
| 38 | Having watched both the East End Park team and Kilmarnock in action against Raith this month , my guess is that two teams from Fife will compete in the Premier Division for the first time next season — provided Dunfermline get their act together in defence . |
| 39 | Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third . |
| 40 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 41 | I HAVE JUST bought Esquire for the first time . |
| 42 | Joseph watched Tran Van Hieu 's father lower himself to the ground with difficulty for the third time . |
| 43 | They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time . |
| 44 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
| 45 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 46 | In Schleswig-Holstein , the SPD beat the CDU into second place at local level for the first time . |
| 47 | In a speech on Nov. 12 the United States President Bush announced that US diplomatic representation in Laos would be upgraded to ambassadorial level for the first time since the communist regime came to power in 1975 . |
| 48 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 49 | Since the standards will be used to form the basis of Vocational Qualifications throughout the UK , it will mean that all training qualifications will relate to a common framework for the first time . |
| 50 | Her lips parted uncertainly and she tasted the sweet caress of his mouth like a child tasting fizzy sherbet for the first time . |
| 51 | FREED prisoner Karl Maxwell-Smith flew home to Britain from Thailand yesterday — and met his granddaughter and her mum for the first time . |
| 52 | Martin Birchall has picked up the Photographer of the Year award for the second time . |
| 53 | Egon Ronay 's Cellnet Guide to Hotels and Restaurants will next year feature a Chef of the Year Award for the first time . |
| 54 | AC MILAN striker Marco van Basten yesterday won the European Footballer of the Year award for the third time . |
| 55 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 56 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 57 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 58 | ‘ He 'll mention the Echo as often as he possibly can , ’ Graham said dryly , and defiantly filled his glass with whisky for the second time . |
| 59 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 60 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |