Example sentences of "[num ord] time that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |
| 2 | It was only the fourth time that one horse had completed a clear round . |
| 3 | This was only the fourth time that this legislation had been invoked . |
| 4 | It is believed to be the first time that prospective officers have sought election on a collective basis . |
| 5 | This is the first time that Western technology has been integrated with Soviet-designed reactors . |
| 6 | An eagerly awaited new tax law that includes a provision for tax relief on personal and corporate donations to cultural , educational , scientific , sporting , religious and humanitarian institutions and events was introduced in the Czech and Slovak Republics on 1 January , the first time that such provisions have been made in Czechoslovakia since 1938 . |
| 7 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 8 | It was the first time that such appeals have been made . |
| 9 | It was the first time that 36-year-old Gilbey had been seen in public since being named as the man on the phone in the love-tapes scandal . |
| 10 | This was the first time that any part of the English-speaking Caribbean region had attempted political integration since the dissolution of the West Indies Federation in May 1962 [ see p. 18813 ] . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is the first time that any Government have introduced a genuine patients charter of rights ? |
| 12 | The bill follows a report which stressed the need for parliamentary involvement in nuclear issues , and is the first time that any aspect of French nuclear energy policy has come before the deputies . |
| 13 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 14 | It was not the first time that Islamist sympathizers had succeeded in having action taken against a literary work — this had happened in 1959 and especially since the late 1980s . |
| 15 | In between the two mosques , in the great arc of roofs and terraces which surmounted the houses of Shahjehanabad , I saw for the first time that secret Delhi which lies hidden from those who only know the city from ground level . |
| 16 | This is the first time that this development has been made manifest . |
| 17 | As Robert points out this is the first time that this function has been run as a single corporate entity . |
| 18 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 19 | The in-can system , for which we hold the patent , won The Queen 's Award for Technological Achievement in 1991 — the first time that this award has been given to a brewer . |
| 20 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 21 | That marked the first time that solar neutrons were detected on the ground . |
| 22 | Right , now we 're are n't we , we 're , because the next time that that handset is used , the black button in other words is dislodged , and lodged , by the way , it will send a signal to the computer saying ‘ Right , it 's your turn to carry out the camp on if you want to , again you 've got the choice , you do n't have to , nobody has to answer a camp on . |
| 23 | The last time that automatic budget cuts , mandated by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit-cutting law , took effect was in October 1987 . |
| 24 | In another context Mao Qing and Mar Molinero ( 1986 ) argue that for school pupils staying on at school after the minimal school leaving age the mid-1970s were the last time that external factors such as high youth unemployment did not influence demand . |