Example sentences of "[num ord] time this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And it was opener Metcalfe who got the chop for the second time this season after a run of indifferent form . |
| 32 | Chatam , running for only the second time this season , went a length up as the pair jumped the last together but Mark Dwyer , riding with hands and heels , forced Jodami a head in front at the post . |
| 33 | I 'd introduce you to my wife , but she 's disappeared for the umpteenth time this evening . |
| 34 | Devine improved for the fourth time this winter when he reached 64.40 metres at a meeting in Melbourne . |
| 35 | Lyle 's par four not only gave him his most crucial win since the 1988 US Masters but relegated winless Montgomerie to runner-up for the fourth time this year . |
| 36 | Sir Hector , who was in Shetland yesterday for the fourth time this year , said monitoring of water and fish samples around the islands would continue for as long as was necessary . |
| 37 | ‘ There we go again — must be the fourth time this month . ’ |
| 38 | SEPT 21 : Booked for fourth time this season in Coca-Cola Cup second round , first leg , against Millwall at Highbury following a tackle on Colin Cooper . |
| 39 | After Dunfermline had failed to scored against Raith for the fourth time this season , manager Jocky Scott conceded the championship race to the Kirkcaldy side . |
| 40 | The home side 's run of four straight wins in which they scored 10 goals counted for nothing as Brian Flynn 's men put up the shutters to keep a clean sheet for the fourth time this season . |
| 41 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
| 42 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 43 | For the first time this century , population and economic growth in non-metropolitan America is exceeding population growth in metropolitan America . |
| 44 | The decision in 1990 by Britain to join the ERM was , indeed , not the first time this century that she has tried to defend herself from the possible consequences of wrong decisions by her own politicians by linking herself to those made by politicians in another country , through the mechanism of a fixed or managed exchange rate . |
| 45 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 46 | There was a competition , and the winner saw his work in situ for the first time this afternoon . |
| 47 | ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend . |
| 48 | This is the first time this problem 's arisen ? |
| 49 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 50 | These potatoes are round and white , a new Dutch strain , being grown in Britain for the first time this year . |
| 51 | But the National Communications Union believes BT will be forced to introduce compulsory redundancies for the first time this year because it will be unable to find enough volunteers . |
| 52 | Rowledge First School is usually used as the polling station for Bucks Horn Oak voters , but the venue was changed for the first time this year to the Forestry Commission 's offices in Christmas Tree Yard . |
| 53 | The Yorkshire Car Collection opens its doors to the public for the first time this year , giving you the opportunity to see one of the most magnificent collections of cars in Europe . |
| 54 | Ricky Willison is another ex-Walker Cup player playing the Tour for the first time this year . |
| 55 | The prestigious event , at which leading scientists discuss global environment , took place for the first time this year , in Rio de Janeiro . |
| 56 | For the first time this year , ticket holders will receive a full refund if a whole day 's play is cancelled because of bad weather . |
| 57 | Not for the first time this year , Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist . |
| 58 | For the first time this year , advance booking will be available from 1 January . |
| 59 | But Agnew 's , who exhibited for the first time this year and made at least one sale of ‘ around $50,000 ’ said they were ‘ pleased with the quality of the crowd and would definitely do the show next year ’ . |
| 60 | Among this year 's participants are : Richard Philp ( also exhibiting at Grosvenor House for the first time this year ) whose stand will include a portrait by Cornelis Johnson and a group of antiquities ; book dealer Nicholas Merchant of Harrogate who will have books on all aspects of European decorative and fine arts ; Brian Beet of Bond Street who has a rare Spanish-colonial gold snuff box made in Peru in the mid-eighteenth century ; numismatists A.H . |