Example sentences of "it is the [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.

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2 It is the first time the inspectorate has taken the board to court for an alleged lapse of safety .
3 It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report .
4 It is the first time the industry has been able to purchase cover for long-term environmental damage although it does buy insurance against sudden pollution incidents or claims from disasters such as explosions .
5 It is the first time the players have been able to field a large cast of nine for a serious production , with some 20 members involved in all .
6 He says that it is the first time the Japanese governent has expressed interest in the IASC 's work .
7 It is the first time the Swiss have been given a vote on the defence budget .
8 It is the first time the North American public has been asked to vote on such an issue .
9 That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so .
10 It is the first time the Service has explained its stand in the dispute , which led to serious disturbances among loyalist inmates in the Maze .
11 A spokeswoman for the band , whose hits include Love Cats and The Walk , said it is the first time The Cure will have played at such an intimate venue for almost ten years .
12 It is the first time the chain , headed by Anita Roddick , has traded in Darlington .
13 It is the only way the women of West Belfast are able to actually able to take on further education and if you ca n't stand up and fight for that then West Belfast is not working .
14 It is so high and cold that they can raise nothing but the hardiest kind of vegetables … it is the only fishery the Nez Perce have and they go there from all directions …
15 It is the second time the policemen have been sentenced for the murder of Nahaman , who died on 4 March 1990 as a result of beatings they inflicted .
16 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 .
17 For Klein , it is the defensive mechanisms the child develops in response to its sense of anxiety which form the basic building blocks of ego development .
18 It is the longest time the that the royal couple will have been together in public since the intense speculation about their marriage during the summer .
19 It is the third year the council has run its sports award scheme , aimed at helping Cleveland sportsmen and women who have proved themselves at national level and have real prospects of international success .
20 It is the sixth time the Bobby Charlton sports skills contest has come to the North for heats for the national competition .
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