Example sentences of "this [is] the [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
2 | This is the first time that the award has gone to somebody from the hotel and catering industry , or indeed from the service sector as a whole . |
3 | But this is the first time that the official Russian Orthodx Church , freed from the restraints of communism , will have canonised a member of the Imperial family . |
4 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
5 | This is the first time that she has met with something . |
6 | The Tour has rested at Bordeaux many times , but this is the first time that the caravan has used Nogent-sur-Oise for the beginning of a day 's racing . |
7 | This is the first time that a Japanese firm has entrusted the manufacture of high technology consumer electronics equipment to a British firm . |
8 | This is the first time that the UITF has made such a recommendation to the ASB , which accepted it , and on 9 November issued FRED 2 , Amendment to SSAP 15 ( see p 96 ) . |
9 | This is the first time that the NRM has loaned a locomotive to a non-railway organisation ( Truro Chamber of Commerce ) for a town centre display . |
10 | This is the first time that such a service has been available at a tennis event . |
11 | This is the first time that such a show has been organised in Bavaria and reflects the interest of its creator , Prinz Georg von Hohenzollern , who is Generaldirektor of the Bavarian Staatliche Gemäldesammlungen and of the same family as Frederick the Great . |
12 | Mr Philip Wilson , chairman of Zwemmer , commented , ‘ this is the first time that Zwemmer 's have had a location that is suitable and indeed at the centre of the art trade . |
13 | This is the first time that the paintings will be shown as a group outside the Hermitage . |
14 | This is the first time that Compaq has bought its Triflex Architecture ( launched last October in the SystemPro/XL server ) onto the desktop . |
15 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
16 | In 30 years of visiting the city this is the first time that I have experienced this state of affairs . |
17 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
18 | This is the first time that this development has been made manifest . |
19 | Zwemmer chairman Philip Wilson said : ‘ Our six shops already have the largest stock of art books in the country , but this is the first time that Zwemmer has had a location that is suitable and at the centre of the art trade . ’ |
20 | As Robert points out this is the first time that this function has been run as a single corporate entity . |
21 | This is the first time that the two companies will provide a total supply and maintenance contract for ARAMCO , ESP/ACC will install all the pump related equipment and perform routine monthly maintenance of the downhole and surface units for a five-year period . |
22 | ‘ This is the first time that discounts have been extended to include householders on short term lets and others , ’ explained Harwell estate manager . |
23 | This is the first time that books have been disposed of in this way . |
24 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is the first time that any Government have introduced a genuine patients charter of rights ? |
25 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that this is the first time that I have asked him a question since his appointment , and I intend to enjoy it ? |
26 | This is the first time that we have debated the subject in the House , which is a pity . |
27 | This is the first time that Western technology has been integrated with Soviet-designed reactors . |
28 | He has also repeatedly called for the Union Jack to be removed from Australia 's flag , but this is the first time that he has outlined a timetable for change . |
29 | This is the first time that strict position-independent , copy number-dependent expression has been shown for a mouse gene in a transgenic mouse model , and these mice now provide a source of a stably-integrated transgene of immunological importance . |
30 | So , there are these sort of centres all over the country , er but this is the first time that there has been one that has arts and science under the same room . |