Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [num ord] year " in BNC.
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1 | London , who retain the side that defeated the Midlands last weekend , are favourites to clinch the title they won for the first time last year . |
2 | CHINA : Amnesty International was publicly recognised by a senior government official in the People 's Republic of China for the first time last year , in connection with the commutation of the death sentence of Lobsang Tenzin , a Tibetan student accused of the murder of a Chinese policeman . |
3 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
4 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
5 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
6 | A REBEL priest who defies church law by marrying divorced Catholics is to conduct a wedding in Edinburgh for the first time next year . |
7 | He said he forgot to put in his letter that your hero , Steve Donaghue , won the Derby for the third time last year but you probably knew that ages ago . |