Example sentences of "is the [adj] time [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would you say is the toughest time after finishing drama school ? |
| 2 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
| 3 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 4 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
| 5 | This is the first time since 1969 that we 've had them on site . |
| 6 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 7 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 8 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 9 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |
| 10 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It is the first time in thousands of holidays that we have lost any clients . ’ |
| 12 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 13 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 14 | The shower is the only time in any twenty-four-hour period I take my underpants right off . |
| 15 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
| 16 | It is the second time in recent months that the Finnish currency has been hit by a crisis of confidence . |
| 17 | It is the third time in four weeks that Colchester ladies have won team medals . |
| 18 | There should be no major reconstruction of the industry while we are in the middle of a recession , which is the worst time for such a reconstruction . |
| 19 | When he 's not gee-ing up audiences , he says getting home to the Robbins residence near Rossendale Valley in Lancashire is the ideal time for this warm up man to cool off . |
| 20 | Again late August or early September is the likely time for these beautiful woodland birds to appear . |
| 21 | It is the tenth time since last April that his store has been broken into . |