Example sentences of "[is] [adv] the first time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
| 2 | It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But a mental health charity says it 's not the first time such an incident has occurred . |
| 5 | It 's not the first time this has happened : he 's gone with prostitutes before . |
| 6 | And it 's not the first time this has happened . |