Example sentences of "time in [adj] years [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assault on Panama marks the second time in six years that the US has employed its military forces against a country in the hemisphere . |
| 2 | CAIRO ( Reuter ) — Libya 's leader , Muammar Gaddafi , will visit Egypt tomorrow for the first time in 16 years and hold talks with President Hosni Mubarak , Egyptian presidential sources said . |
| 3 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
| 4 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 5 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 6 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
| 7 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
| 8 | It was the third time in recent years that a county match had been completed inside an August day at Old Trafford . |
| 9 | In the front , or south , gallery , Rodin 's popular marble sculpture , ‘ The Kiss ’ , is retrieved from storage for the first time in four years and shown among nine bronze statues or studies loaned by the Victoria and Albert Museum , including casts of ‘ The Age of Bronze ’ and ‘ St John the Baptist ’ . |
| 10 | The Prince of Wales kissed his wife in public in February the first time in four years as she presented prizes to players in his polo match on their Indian tour . |
| 11 | It was the fourth time in five years that Gotti , whose elegant sartorial taste had earned him the nickname " Dapper Don " , had been indicted . |
| 12 | Last season United watched Schmeichel regularly as Brondby won the Danish title for the fourth time in five years and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup . |
| 13 | Here the Unionists were challenged for the first time in many years but the NILP shared the anti-Unionist vote with Independents , who polled 4.5 per cent in North and 2 per cent in Waterside . |
| 14 | The trial of Mr Subono and Mr Nugroho was the first time in many years that the law was used to try ‘ leftists ’ rather than Muslim activists . |
| 15 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 16 | It 's the 5th time in 4 years that Margaret Jebbit has had to clean up her kitchen after flooding . |
| 17 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |
| 18 | Not only that , but after beating bankruptcy as well as calls for his resignation , Miller took Hibs to Hampden last year and lifted the Skol League Cup — the first time in 20 years that the Edinburgh club had won a major trophy . |
| 19 | FRENCH exports of wines and spirits fell last year for the first time in 20 years as recession caught up with one of the country 's proudest industries . |
| 20 | The Barcelona regatta marks the return of slalom to the Olympic programme for the first time in 20 years and Britain have strong hopes of a string of medals . |
| 21 | It will be the first time in 15 years that an England tour party has not included one of the celebrated trio , who between them have appeared in 298 Test matches . |
| 22 | Yet it remains that , for the first time in 15 years and since the controversy over abortion , opinions are divided so haphazardly that traditional political alliances have ceased to operate . |
| 23 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 24 | He is determined to lead his injury-stricken outfit to victory in France for the first time in 22 years and last night insisted : ‘ I 've had to fight for respect in rugby league . |
| 25 | er I 'm slightly worried about the effect on the Olympic movement of Atlanta being chosen only in the sense that er that this is the , I think the sixth time in 25 years that a North American city has got it and it does look rather as if the er pressures are now , on the financial side , are now coming very much from the North American continent and I 'm not at all sure that that 's really good for the Olympic movement . |
| 26 | During this run they won the South American Championship for the first time in 40 years and qualified for the World Cup . |
| 27 | The Christian Democratic People 's Party met in September 1989 for the first time in 40 years and elected a permanent leadership , claiming a membership of 3,000 . |
| 28 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 29 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 30 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |