Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Safely ensconced with her fishhouse in a Devon village , she is now a full time fishkeeping journalist and translator . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it is not a good time to be opening a hotel of this calibre , ’ Wolfgang Nitschke agrees . |
| 3 | Fat bald man asks if it is not a bracing time of year . |
| 4 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 5 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 6 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 7 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
| 10 | It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor . |
| 11 | It is not the first time that Chamonix officials have decided youth and mountains do not mix . |
| 12 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 13 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 14 | Is the Home Secretary aware that his decision of 2 May put that Zairean teacher in an extremely dangerous and vulnerable position , and that it is not the first time that his Department has deported people in the face of a court decision that they should remain in this country ? |
| 15 | It is not the first time that her family have worked at Glenpatrick as both her father and two of her aunts have also done so . |
| 16 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It is not the first time , and it wo n't be the last , ’ he laughed . |
| 18 | It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment . |
| 19 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
| 20 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
| 23 | Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases . |
| 24 | It is n't the first time you 've implied that I know something about what 's going on , so how about explaining it to me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It is n't the first time you 've been there , so I did n't imagine that there 'd be a problem about going there tonight . ’ |
| 26 | This is n't the first time that we 've had a fire in the school and it is n't the first time that we 've solved the problem quickly , and we 'll have more again . |
| 27 | I promise you it is n't the only time that warm relationships have built up between reporters and bereaved families . |
| 28 | It is also a suitable time to look forward to a new Government which will use the Department of Social Security to defend the interests of pensioners , the disabled and others in need , rather than the interests of the Treasury , the wealthy and the political constituencies of the Conservative party . |
| 29 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 30 | It is certainly the only time I have played at a ground with a hovercraft as a pavilion . |