Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [art] [num ord] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans . |
| 2 | It is only the second time the Tour de France has visited Britain . |
| 3 | Incredibly , this is only the third time the ‘ Amateur ’ has been in Ireland , and the championship was first played in 1885 . |
| 4 | IT IS NOT THE FIRST time the American cinema has dealt with the assassination of President John Kennedy but the research involved in , and the detail of JFK ( 15 , Empire ) , make it extraordinary — as do the direction and the playing of a cast led by Kevin Costner . |
| 5 | Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air . |
| 6 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
| 9 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not the first time a child has been attacked by an alsatian — even a crossbreed like this can be savage , ’ said Lee 's father John , 37 . |
| 11 | It 's not the first time a lifeboat has been based in the bay . |
| 12 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 13 | The spokesman also admitted that it 's not the first time the ladies have been hauled over the coals for selling fags . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | The imminence of the Premier League means that this is probably the last time the famous old knockout tournament will be played while some degree of financial equality exists between the present First and Second divisions . |