Example sentences of "time [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are rushing out this newsletter in time for the first summer festival , at Kings Heath Park . |
| 2 | It took time for the first cracks to appear . |
| 3 | ‘ We had a bad time for the first 250 metres and they did n't know where we were but our cox Garry Herbert was brilliant . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the latest issue of RISC Management claims that ‘ the multi-threaded SMP capabilities that are the core of Solaris 2.0 will not appear until the fourth calendar quarter — in time for the first multi-processor Sparcstation shipments , but a year behind schedule . ’ |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Apple is predicting that it will have at least 70% of Macintosh applications recoded in time for the first batch of volume PowerPCs to hit the streets in 1993 , using AT&T Bell Laboratories spin-off , the Holmdel , New Jersey-based Echo Logic Inc , to do the recompiling . |
| 6 | The speech came over the wires so late and the sheets were so confused by the Post Office — which is usual in these cases — that without the precis we could not possibly have got the leader through in time for the first edition . |
| 7 | It took some time for the first volunteers to come forward . |
| 8 | But enough of prologues and manifestos ; it is time for the first story . |
| 9 | Anyway , 25 years — nearly time for the first facelift , Billy . |
| 10 | Tambo arrived in time for the first consultative conference of the movement for 31 years , an event which provided an opportunity for the ANC to clarify its policy of negotiation with the government . |
| 11 | Now with summer well and truly upon us , it 's time for the first in a new series looking at some of the region 's loveliest gardens . |
| 12 | It 's 7.15 a.m. and time for the first break of the day . |
| 13 | Lawrence was uncertain whether Bernie Slaven would recover from a knee injury in time for the first Manchester United cup-tie . |
| 14 | staff would arrive before 2.00pm in time for the first session . |
| 15 | ‘ He says I had the tools , the knowledge , the opportunity and the location , and he looked up those races I rode at Ascot and worked out that I could have had time between the first two and the last to drive to Maidenhead and remove Harry 's car . |
| 16 | The time between the first step command and the position detector pulse signalling completion of the first step is proportional to the value of COUNT , which is inversely proportional to the average motor speed over the step . |
| 17 | ‘ My mum is a bit upset , ’ says Zara , ‘ but we had a lovely letter from Mr Evans saying that he would pay for me to return home at any time during the first three months in England , which we were very grateful for . ’ |
| 18 | Each one could have removed his or her name at any time after the first printing and , indeed , two did . |
| 19 | Erm d do you remember much about the time after the first world war ? |
| 20 | It may be held at that important time of the first anniversary of the death , and is thus at the time when the people most bereaved may be thinking of re-engaging in life . |
| 21 | What emerges from these scantily recorded years is that by the time of the first minuted meeting , in January 1907 , and which was probably held in the manager 's office at the Henley branch of Reading bankers , J. and C. Simonds , much work towards the Club 's formation had already been accomplished . |
| 22 | Around the time of the First World War , Clark brothers ceased operations , and the mill finally fell silent . |
| 23 | However , the most important ingredient missing hitherto from the peace process — international acceptance of the Palestinians ' choice of representative — was dramatically fulfilled at the time of the first anniversary of the Uprising . |
| 24 | At the time of the First World War , the United Railways of Havana built a magnificent central terminal . |
| 25 | At Christchurch , proposals to replace the Gothic station of 1877 had been made at the time of the First World War and again in the 1930s , but it was not demolished until the 1950s , when it was replaced by a modern station more successful than most . |
| 26 | At the time of the first attack it is possible to measure an increase in antibody levels in the blood , but these seem to remain fairly steady in any further attacks . |
| 27 | The important thing to remember , however , is that in many cases no definitive diagnosis can be made until the results have come back from the laboratory and the fact that nothing has been found at the time of the first visit does not mean that the follow-up visit should be missed . |
| 28 | The commonest complaint in males is that of non-specific urethritis ( NSU ) , and this can be diagnosed at the time of the first visit in the majority of cases . |
| 29 | By the time of the First World War the company had taken over more than 50 small companies , as well as the docks at Hull ( q.v. ) , and its chief locomotive and wagon works at Doncaster employed nearly 5,000 people . |
| 30 | At the time of the First World War the Shorthorn was described as the most widely distributed of all the breeds of cattle , both at home and abroad , and it far exceeded other purebreds in Britain while the great majority of commercial crossbreds also relied on Shorthorn blood . |