Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . |
| 2 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
| 3 | The significance was not that a testator 's intentions were allowed to play more freely , but that for the first time the law was dealing with an open rather than a closed system , a system that offered unlimited possibilities for expansion . |
| 4 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
| 5 | What was new in Althusser was that for the first time this epistemological tradition was developed for a Marxism . |
| 6 | It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ … |
| 7 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 8 | He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass . |
| 9 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 10 | Does he also admit that for the first time in the history of the national health service , waiting lists for day patients and in-patients combined have risen above 900,000 people ? |
| 11 | It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court . |
| 12 | And I think a significant point is that for the first time in ninety three we were likely to take something in , in relation to B Sky B. |
| 13 | This for the first time established boards representing employers and workers to fix minimum wages in the largely ununionized ‘ sweated ’ industries . |
| 14 | Hazel and his companions had spent the night doing everything that came unnaturally to them , and this for the first time . |
| 15 | This for the first time drew explicit attention to the contradiction between the order EX 77268 of 17 May , the " Distone order " , that " Chetniks and dissident Jugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy , and the agreement reached by 5 Corps that they should be handed over : " Ref F 77268 of 17 [ the Distone order ] . |
| 16 | Wycliffe did not prompt her but her mother , evidently hearing all this for the first time , had no such scruples . |
| 17 | This is because the students will be dealing with this for the first time and this is thought to be a clearer presentation . |
| 18 | Remember you 're going into this for the first time . |
| 19 | The tournaments have not only provided performance players ( 12–16 years of age ) , with realistic , intensive and challenging winter competition , they have also provided emerging new competitors aged 10 and 11 to the joys and pressures of competition , some for the first time . |
| 20 | The prospect of the full range being available in its entirety in Japan by the end of 1991 , has spurred new disc development , some for the first time incorporating graphics and sound . |
| 21 | This year he is revisiting those parts , and visiting some for the first time , for a series of regional bookselling reports for The Bookseller . |
| 22 | Chris Laidlaw , the All Black halfback , was another about the same time who , in fact , teamed with Mains ' brother Rick as the inside backs in an outstanding school team . |
| 23 | The children turned to face one another for the first time since the pastor had started to tell the story of the massacre . |
| 24 | Some of the best times of his life had been Sunday mornings . |
| 25 | Some of the best times of my life . |
| 26 | He says ; They are some of the best times I have ever had . |
| 27 | Today threatened to be a write-off as far as work was concerned , but perhaps she could recoup some of the lost time later on . |
| 28 | I remembered some of the nice times we 'd had . |
| 29 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 30 | Perhaps I should go no further without declaring an allegiance to Neath which survived some of the grimmer times in the club 's history . |