Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 2 | This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization . |
| 3 | This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) : |
| 4 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 5 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 6 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
| 7 | Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 10 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
| 11 | This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path . |
| 12 | This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent . |
| 13 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 14 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
| 15 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 16 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
| 17 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 18 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 19 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 20 | ‘ This is not the first time . ’ |
| 21 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
| 22 | However , sales and industry standards are not always compatible in the computer world — and the Americans may be reluctant to fall into line , ‘ This is probably the first time that the Americans have adopted a European standard , ’ says Dave Garnett of the Cambridge software firm CIS . |
| 23 | This is probably the first time that someone who was acquainted with the central figure of such an enterprise has taken part in its creation : as if Tim Rice had known Eva Peron . |
| 24 | ‘ This is probably the first time a lot of these artists have exhibited their work and it made our job even harder having to eliminate pieces to decide on the final winners . |
| 25 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 26 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 28 | This is n't the first time . |
| 29 | ‘ This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’ |
| 30 | This is n't the first time you 've endured this morning-after feeling , is it ? |