Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 2 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 3 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 4 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 5 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 6 | Er Er this motion is not an attempt to preempt applications Mr Chairman come before us that 's Mr said time is indicating for the first time that er September might possibly be months . |
| 7 | THE number of marriages between a divorcee and someone who is marrying for the first time is on the slide . |
| 8 | ( Short , happy , slightly humorous speech when the groom is marrying for the first time to a divorced woman . ) |
| 9 | Home ownership in America is falling for the first time since the Depression , just as the savings-and-loan collapse has made the government the largest single owner of property after foreclosing on bankrupt thrifts . |