Example sentences of "time [prep] its [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of its creation the NHS took over about 1700 public hospitals and about 1000 voluntary hospitals , a large proportion of which were facing bankruptcy . |
| 2 | At the time of its establishment the Commission had been asked to give first priority to a study of young offenders under twenty-one and their treatment . |
| 3 | By the time of its completion the company 's assets were climbing close to a billion dollars . |
| 4 | For the first time in its history a top public school is encouraging GIRLS to play cricket . |
| 5 | Ironically , given the state of collapse of communism across Eastern Europe and the avowed reformist intentions of the BCP , when Lukanov 's proposals for the composition of his government were approved by the National Assembly on Feb. 8 Bulgaria acquired for the first time in its history an all-communist government . |
| 6 | Five years into his term , in 1972 , the BDDA at long last established headquarters at 38 Victoria Place , Carlisle , so that for the first time in its history the Association was run from its own national office by full-time paid officers . |
| 7 | For the first time in its history the Irish Bank Officials ' Association attended and was represented at the Conference by fifteen Delegates led by the President , Leonard Coote . |
| 8 | Not only has this reduced the operating costs , but it has also meant that for the first time in its history the Central Wales Line has been able to support a Sunday service ; indeed in July 1987 , one Sunday saw fourteen train movements , what with BR 's own service train , the various Recreation Ramblers , sponsored by the Sports Council , and two excursion rail tours . |
| 9 | For the first time in its history the 1935 Annual Conference of the ILP was attended by a fraternal delegate from the Communist Party , Harry Pollitt , who put forward the policy of " organizational unity " , that is of merging both Parties , now equal in membership , into a single unit . |