Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data .
2 Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own .
3 Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response .
4 You 've been driving me crazy , but now I 'm going to have your body , and if it 's the last time then so be it . ’
5 While this as such simply acknowledges the situation as it is and is followed by a far longer passage relating to the benefits of celibacy for the Western rite , it remains a highly important text because it is the first time a Roman Council or any major Roman document has explicitly accepted and recommended the uniting of priesthood and marriage in a single life .
6 ‘ That 's something I 'd like very much , and it 's also special because it 's the first time you 've invited me home .
7 Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought .
8 Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country .
9 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 . ’
10 We were n't really in love , but it seemed a very great deal like it at the time , before we spoiled it ; we both thought we were , and how can you tell for sure when it 's the first time and you 've nothing to compare it with ?
11 This enterprising tour should be well worth following as it is the first time cricketers of this age from South Africa have toured in England .
12 And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’
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