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 .
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