Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end . |
| 2 | ‘ Stick players who try the Grand for the first time are surprised at how fast they adapt to it , ’ says inventor , manufacturer and player Emmett Chapman . |
| 3 | 3.1 Module descriptors which have been reviewed for session 1987–88 ( eg Music Making modules ) or which are being introduced in session 1987–88 for the first time are identified in the National Catalogue by a first digit 7 . |
| 4 | The first laugh of the evening came with the phrase ‘ non-aligned countries like Nato ’ ; the second with the observation that killing for the first time is ‘ like sex ’ : Darke 's audience of true believers was easily pleased . |
| 5 | Trying to mould together a side in only four days with eight players coming together for the first time is a pretty difficult task . |
| 6 | THE number of marriages between a divorcee and someone who is marrying for the first time is on the slide . |
| 7 | Brian Cox , who runs the operation , says : ‘ Anyone coming in for the first time is going to start by taking on what 's already there . |
| 8 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 9 | The arts will have a higher profile in the fourth Conservative term , with David Mellor heading a much enlarged department ( which for the first time is allocated a place in the Cabinet ) , flanked by one junior Minister , Robert Key . |
| 10 | Perhaps the best approach to reading a proof for the first time is positively to disbelieve each assertion made . |
| 11 | Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past . |
| 12 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 13 | The Yugoslavian authorities announced on Feb. 20 that Army units stationed in the province of Kosovo had for the first time been given specific orders to quell a renewed wave of unrest among ethnic Albanians in the province . |
| 14 | So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives . |
| 15 | Seeing him lying in an incubator for the first time was a uniquely distressing experience . |
| 16 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Meeting her for the first time was nerve-racking to say the least , ’ says one insider at BSkyB . |
| 18 | He was also still considerably lighter , although as he rolled his sleeves right up to the top of his arms , Ellie for the first time was aware of the amount of muscle he seemed to have gained . |
| 19 | Indeed , restaurants , cafes and licensed premises which sell liquor for consumption on the premises ( e.g. pubs and wine bars ) were for the first time was the 1987 Use Classes Order brought within a stated class . |
| 20 | Not for the first time was I confronted by the limitations of the mighty Talisman of Shag ; neither the giant oak doors of the western entrance , nor the south porch , nor any of the transept doorways yield to it . |
| 21 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 22 | None of the three Conservative candidates standing in the area for the first time was elected . |
| 23 | The fact that the army and guerrillas had agreed to meet directly for the first time was seen as a breakthrough and a indication that " professional " elements in the army leadership wished for a political solution . |
| 24 | During a five-hour address on the opening day , which for the first time was not broadcast live , Castro painted a bleak picture of an economy critically dependent on trade with the Soviet Union . |
| 25 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 26 | But one reason why on Thursday I shall for the first time be voting Conservative , with passionate conviction , may be illustrated by a meeting I attended in our constituency last Sunday , at which several hundred people were addressed by our four candidates . |
| 27 | Since citizens of all colours will for the first time be allowed to vote together , it will produce a legislature dominated by blacks . |
| 28 | Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded . |
| 29 | That , in itself , will be an important step forward , but perhaps even more important is the fact that , because of the change , there will for the first time be a proper appeals procedure for those who need help with care . |
| 30 | We will for the first time be able to see the new system work . |