Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] the [adj] time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's the first time that Jackie and Terry have met , ’ beamed someone else from Heinemann , sailing resolutely forward towards the cameras . |
| 3 | Or if somebody has a premiere it means it 's the first time that they do something . |
| 4 | It 's the first time that a public exhibition has been staged in a prison . |
| 5 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 6 | So that 's what 's been going on in terms of output , in terms of orders already received , orders are up in all mainland regions of the U K. It 's the first time that we 've seen that since er the beginning of the recession and that 's the sense in which we think one can say erm reasonably sort of er straightforwardly that the recovery has indeed spread around the mainland economy . |
| 7 | Now I mentioned that this was Chest Week and it 's the first time that the er Chest , Heart and Stroke Association have had a , a , a week specifically aimed at people with chest problems , or , or looking at chest problems . |
| 8 | And when you write it as a number it 's the only time that you ever put any little letters next to it . |
| 9 | I do n't know because I mean a couple of people have changed cos it 's the only time that they can have it . |
| 10 | It 's the second time that Edward Fox has appeared at the festival . |
| 11 | ‘ But it 's the last time that counts . |
| 12 | It is the first time that Prince Charles has given direct financial help to a run-down urban area , and the Duchy has been granted a 125-year lease on the 0.6 acre site . |
| 13 | It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 . |
| 14 | However , it is the first time that ICL has split off part of its business to the extent of actually forming a new subsidiary . |
| 15 | It is the first time that a country has ever won three successive Test matches , each against a different country ( in this case West Indies , Sri Lanka and New Zealand ) . |
| 16 | Dr William Fore , former WACC President and now Visiting Lecturer in Communication at the School , said in a recent letter to delegates : ‘ The meeting promises to be a landmark , since it is the first time that teachers of communication in seminaries and schools of theology will have come together to consider their distinctive task in theological education . ’ |
| 17 | It is the first time that the Stylesetter Award has been given to an Axminster carpet range . |
| 18 | It is the first time that a Vernier machine has been build outwith the inventor 's factory in Belgium , and has been constructed by Pickering Staplina , joint partners with Stoddard in Bonded Developments Ltd . |
| 19 | It is the first time that the organization has given such a direct warning , however . |
| 20 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 21 | It is the first time that Hivolt Capacitors has taken part in such a trade mission . |
| 22 | It is the first time that a lifeboatman has received such an honour since sea rescues began in the town with the historic Zetland lifeboat 190 years ago . |
| 23 | It is the second time that Miss Hartnoll has succeeded Prof Edwards in a director 's job . |
| 24 | And it was the one time that it mattered more than anything else . ’ |
| 25 | It was the first time that such an offer had ever been made ; initially , he was loath to put his sketches on public display — but he was also flattered . |
| 26 | It was the first time that a US Secretary of State held official talks with East German leaders on their own territory , underlining Washington fears that a collapse of the East German reform process could imperil developments throughout Eastern Europe . |
| 27 | It was the first time that such a precaution had had to be taken at a British nuclear power station . |
| 28 | It was the first time that I had openly , assertively hitched . |
| 29 | It was the first time that there had been a debate on the viability and the desirability of having an element of compulsory further education , which in theory was to enrol all adolescents , though in practice it applied mainly to those from the working class . |
| 30 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |