Example sentences of "the first time in 16 [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | WALLACE could return to United 's League starting line-up for the first time in 16 months . |
| 2 | The Supreme Court 's July ruling admitted for the first time in 16 years the right of individual states to restrict abortions during the first six months of pregnancy . |
| 3 | CAIRO ( Reuter ) — Libya 's leader , Muammar Gaddafi , will visit Egypt tomorrow for the first time in 16 years and hold talks with President Hosni Mubarak , Egyptian presidential sources said . |
| 4 | Their claim was all the more pointed for it was made in the City of London , in the heart of the constituency of Peter Brooke — replaced last night as Northern Ireland Secretary — who has led , with consummate patience , the process of bringing all the Ulster politicians to the same conference table for the first time in 16 years . |
| 5 | With her teenage son on the brink of independence , Pamela Constantinides has returned to full-time work for the first time in 16 years . |
| 6 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |