Example sentences of "this [is] [adv] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 2 | This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization . |
| 3 | This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) : |
| 4 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 5 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 6 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
| 7 | Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 10 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
| 11 | This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path . |
| 12 | This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent . |
| 13 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 14 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
| 15 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 16 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
| 17 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 18 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ This is not the first time . ’ |
| 21 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
| 22 | However , sales and industry standards are not always compatible in the computer world — and the Americans may be reluctant to fall into line , ‘ This is probably the first time that the Americans have adopted a European standard , ’ says Dave Garnett of the Cambridge software firm CIS . |
| 23 | This is probably the first time that someone who was acquainted with the central figure of such an enterprise has taken part in its creation : as if Tim Rice had known Eva Peron . |
| 24 | ‘ This is probably the first time a lot of these artists have exhibited their work and it made our job even harder having to eliminate pieces to decide on the final winners . |
| 25 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 26 | The imminence of the Premier League means that this is probably the last time the famous old knockout tournament will be played while some degree of financial equality exists between the present First and Second divisions . |
| 27 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 29 | This is n't the first time . |
| 30 | ‘ This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’ |