Example sentences of "time in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Gaulle had to recognize that himself : three times in 1945 he approved reductions in the military budget . |
| 2 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 3 | For a short time in 1890 he attended classes at University College London as an unmatriculated student . |
| 4 | Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation . |
| 5 | The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis . |
| 6 | When the future Cardinal Richelieu entered government service for the first time in 1616 he found available so little essential documentation on foreign policy that he had to ask French representatives abroad to send him copies of the instructions they had been given : without this he could not know even what the policies of his immediate predecessor had been . |
| 7 | From 1795 to 1800 he was apprenticed to his uncle Samuel [ q.v. ] , during which time in 1797 he started exhibiting at the Royal Academy , and in the beginnings of his career he was indebted in different ways to both Samuel and his other architect uncle , James [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | But for a time in 1990 it seemed likely to split apart . |