Example sentences of "time in four [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Consumer Council said that during peak Saturday morning viewing the same sweetened cereal was advertised eight times in four hours . |
| 2 | Kelly said Blissett had been involved in an ordinary aerial challenge , the kind he can see 200 times in four games a week . |
| 3 | It was a bitter blow for Allcock , Britain 's outstanding bowler in the past decade , for he has now reached this final three times in four years , only to finish runner-up in each . |
| 4 | Cases are taking 16 months or more , with a backlog of 60,000 , and this must be rectified , especially as , we have been told , the number of applications has increased by 10 times in four years — from 5,000 in 1988 to 50,000 this year . |
| 5 | Another Briton , Martin Brundle , driving a Ligier , finished fifth , collecting points for his team for the third time in four races , and Austrian Karl Wendlinger finished sixth in a Sauber . |
| 6 | Bingham acknowledged that his southern neighbours deserved their first appearance in the finals after beating the North for the first time in four attempts . |
| 7 | Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final . |
| 8 | It was typical of the man who had spent so much time in Four Marks working for the community . |
| 9 | Others are less clear without some explanation : an attacker was known as ‘ the Bizarre Beast ’ because of the strange clothing he wore , which included a gas mask and a dress ( Star ) ; however , no explanation was needed why a sex fiend who struck near a university for the second time in four days was known as ‘ The Balaclava Rapist ’ ( Sun ) . |
| 10 | It is the third time in four weeks that Colchester ladies have won team medals . |
| 11 | With the federal government under increasing strain , Yugoslavia devalued the dinar for the second time in four months , this time by 31% . |
| 12 | B&P human resources director David Ramsay said the firm was resuming full-time working for the first time in four months , in order to meet greater demand . |
| 13 | Following Botham Wanderers ' defeat , we now move off the bottom for the first time in four months . |
| 14 | Not suprisingly , it was a nerve-racking finale but eventually the more experienced Australians triumphed 5-7 , 6-4 , 6-0 , to carry their country into the semi-finals for the first time in four years . |
| 15 | Grain output rose by 6% , and wheat was in surplus for the first time in four years . |
| 16 | The average wage increase in industry this spring is slightly below five per cent for the first time in four years . |
| 17 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 18 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 19 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 20 | Kevin Tamati 's Red Devils hosted and won the Salford Sevens for the second time in four years at The Willows yesterday . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | The very need to do this — for the second time in four years — testifies to a certain degree of insecurity within the minds of the Soviet leaders that their recent gains in terms of strategic power could easily be snatched from them . |
| 23 | And next weekend they 'll be attempting to win Ulster golf 's prestigious under-age tournament , the Fred Daly trophy , for the third time in four years . |
| 24 | Simon Wilkinson of the St Melyd club won the Aberconwy trophy for the third time in four years with a 72 hole total of 296 in his last amateur tournament before turning professional . |
| 25 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 26 | COUNCILLORS in Midlothian yesterday decided to increase the district 's council house rents for the first time in four years . |
| 27 | The group has started to buy land again , and some of the recent purchases have , for the first time in four years , achieved margins above what had been estimated at the time they were bought . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Troubled by a cold and a painful left shoulder , he managed only a 73 and for the third time in four starts missed the cut . |