Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |
| 2 | This is not the first or perhaps even the second time a Darkfall may have occurred here . |
| 3 | just a couple of months afterwards , playing India in Trinidad with three spin bowlers in his team , he saw them reach 406 for 4 to win the match , only the second time a team had passed 400 runs to win a Test . |
| 4 | After the second time the coin is still there . |
| 5 | All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air . |
| 6 | Later , Fiat issued a statement saying it had learned of the arrests ‘ with great astonishment ’ but it is the second time the company has been involved in the ongoing scandal . |
| 7 | It was the second time the teacher-turned-comic had been hit by car vandals . |
| 8 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 9 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 10 | But the first time she 'd spoken to Colin he 'd told her there was a hi-tech at the manufacturer 's end , and the second time the shop had been closed . |
| 11 | This is the second time the college has been involved in a drugs scandal . |
| 12 | He must be more patient and brace himself up to realise that he was the only person who could tackle the present chaotic state of affairs , ' This was the fourth time the King had told MacDonald that he would not accept his resignation . |
| 13 | This will be the fourth time the World Cup has opened at the Utah resort , the third time for women . |
| 14 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 15 | The 28-member Consell General de las Valls ( General Council of the Valleys ) , elected for a four-year term , has , since reforms introduced in 1981 , appointed an Executive Council , introducing for the first time a separation between the executive and legislative arms of government . |
| 16 | This system , devised by Rentokil 's Research and Development department , offers for the first time a non-chemical , twenty-four hour detection and protection system . |
| 17 | The centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the state became subordinated to the interests of the dominant economic groups that were already creating a commercial agriculture and would subsequently promote industrial development : ‘ for the first time a state had been created whose policies and activities were shaped in response to the needs and movement of civil society ’ ( Gamble 1981 : 67 ) . |
| 18 | This was the first time a company had been invited to give a product demonstration at the centre and were keen to present the merits of their product . |
| 19 | It 's the first time a licence has been refused because of animal welfare . |
| 20 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 21 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 22 | Attended by representatives from 179 member states , it was marked by the exclusion from the General Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) — the first time a member state had been removed from its seat , although South Africa had been suspended from the General Assembly in 1974 . |
| 23 | Some of these new CD products are aimed squarely at consumer markets , promising for the first time a breakthrough into the same mass market in which audio CDs have been so dramatically successful . |
| 24 | In those early days in our relationship , Basil was still adjusting to the Northern scene and I , a callow young teacher , encountering for the first time a man of impeccable manners , charm and sensibility . |
| 25 | A man accused of raping his wife has been cleared by a jury at Sheffield Crown Court ; it was the first time a man in England had been charged with such an offence . |
| 26 | It was the first time a man in England has been charged with such an offence . |
| 27 | Reading Neale 's articles in the immediate context of teaching for the first time a course dangerously titled , ‘ Television Theory ’ ( is there such a thing ? ) , |
| 28 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 29 | For the first time a tally was kept of the number of items issued to users or consulted by Map Library staff in answering letter enquiries . |
| 30 | Noel Lynch , of the Ulster Aviation Society , said : ‘ It 's the first time a reunion like this has taken place . |