Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday 's bombs are thought to have been Semtex and it is the first time outside the capital that devices have been casually placed by the road side . |
| 2 | Lord Aldington replied : ‘ This will be the hundredth time you say what I 've said is a lie , and it is the hundredth time you have made me very angry . ’ |
| 3 | That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so . |
| 4 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 5 | ‘ But it is the first time we have established formal procedures which ensure that we deliver and measure against set and agreed criteria . |
| 6 | Later , Fiat issued a statement saying it had learned of the arrests ‘ with great astonishment ’ but it is the second time the company has been involved in the ongoing scandal . |