Example sentences of "the [adj] time a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more parental devotion to reading and the child 's belief in its magic propensities coincide , the easier time a child will have in learning to read , and the more important and enjoyable reading will be to him . |
| 2 | just a couple of months afterwards , playing India in Trinidad with three spin bowlers in his team , he saw them reach 406 for 4 to win the match , only the second time a team had passed 400 runs to win a Test . |
| 3 | This is not the first or perhaps even the second time a Darkfall may have occurred here . |
| 4 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |
| 5 | However , there was no computer system to manage the exercise — when the nav wanted a position line or fix he pre-warned the instructor , who sat the other side of the ‘ cockpit ’ facia , and at the appropriate time a piece of paper was pushed through the wall with the details scrawled upon it ! |
| 6 | Those observations were applicable to the present case : the appellant was at the present time a dangerous young man for whom a determinate sentence was not appropriate . |
| 7 | In Britain , for example , there is at the present time a vigorous controversy about the introduction of proportional representation , stoutly resisted by the two main parties , but supported by a growing part of the population who have become increasingly dissatisfied with the existing system , which produces a gross discrepancy between the votes cast for various parties and their representation in parliament , and results in practice in a form of minority government . |
| 8 | The State Department 's Policy Planning Staff noted on 20 November 1951 : We have , in fact , at the present time a special relationship with the U.K. which involves consultation between us on a wide range of matters of joint concern . |
| 9 | There is at the present time a park and ride facility on the south western side of York er on the er Tadcaster Road and er another one is being proposed on the eastern side at Grimston Bar adjacent to the A sixty f Excuse me , A sixty four trunk road . |
| 10 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 11 | This momentous decision — it is the first time a former Greek prime minister has been indicted by parliament — was complemented by measures the left coalition in particular regards as vital to prevent abuse of power by single-party governments in future . |
| 12 | The pace picks up towards the end : Bolam 's hair goes awry , and for the first time a sense of desperation enters his acting . |
| 13 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 14 | For the first time a civil servant , perforce , began to affect what happened . |
| 15 | For the first time a mathematical definition of overcrowding was given by the National Government in their Act of 1935 , and a determined attack was made on this evil . |
| 16 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 17 | If he wins , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 18 | If confirmed , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 19 | Guardian members are to receive an average £520 cash windfall for voting ‘ yes ’ to the merger at a special meeting in December — the first time a bonus of this size has been paid out on a simple merger operation . |
| 20 | It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum . |
| 21 | It is the first time a former officer has been given permission to write about MI5 since Sir Percy Sillitoe , the post-war head of the service , published his memoirs in 1955 . |
| 22 | ‘ Following this decision , the Community will have for the first time a single framework within which takeovers and mergers of a Community dimension can be dealt with , recognising the importance of maintaining fair competition throughout the single market . ’ |
| 23 | American production soared , largely to meet overseas demand , and the Soviet Union , despite some impressive gains in production , became for the first time a large importer . |
| 24 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 25 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 26 | Setting up the service provides for the first time a national intelligence-gathering operation on organised crime and criminals . |
| 27 | Reform has already begun : this weekend voters could choose for the first time a single named candidate for the lower house , instead of numbers on a party list . |
| 28 | It was the first time a hurdling dog had broken a flat record but trainer Paddy Hancox was not surprised . |
| 29 | For the first time a fairly extensive observation exercise was initiated involving close reporting of the drama teaching in six education authorities conducted throughout the period of one academic year . |
| 30 | Industrialization created for the first time a new political force in the mass of factory workers . |