Example sentences of "[was/were] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | By 1988 Britain was for the first time selling more to the EEC than to the rest of the world ( £47 billion out of £93.5 billion at 1991 prices ) . |
| 32 | The first two rounds of voting — in north Lebanon and the Bekaa on Aug. 23 , and in Beirut and Mount Lebanon on Aug. 30 — produced some wins for Hezbollah , an Islamic group aligned with Syrian policy-making which was for the first time participating in elections as a parliamentary party . |
| 33 | But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member . |
| 34 | Still , the need for a specific and general science of society ( as distinct from the various relevant special disciplines already dealing with human affairs ) was for the first time seriously felt . |
| 35 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 36 | I 've even seen Bruce Springsteen having to explain who he was for the tenth time in one record company reception . |
| 37 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 38 | Whatever he wore he looked marvellous in , and Fran 's heart tripped alarmingly as she appreciated how attractive he was for the umpteenth time . |