Example sentences of "[adv] the first time that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ) : |
2 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
3 | It was not the first time that Sir Michael had indicated his view that Mr Hussey should leave his post as chairman . |
4 | It was not the first time that Sir Michael had indicated his view that Mr Hussey should leave his post as chairman . |
5 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
6 | It 's not the first time that Wimpey has taken the lead in Scotland . |
7 | The fight in Birkenhead was not the first time that Mr Field had crossed swords with the Labour left . |
8 | It was not the first time that Orton , the veteran Malawi politician , had suffered this sort of torture . |
9 | This is hardly the first time that Britain has enraged Brussels by attempting to wriggle out of European environmental legislation . |
10 | It 's also the first time that outsiders have been allowed into their close-knit community . |
11 | Probably the first time that tsunami were blamed for a particular deposit was in Sir Edward Bailey 's brilliant exposition of the origin of the Upper Jurassic boulder beds in eastern Scotland , discussed in the last chapter . |