Example sentences of "[is] the [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 This is the fifth time she 's been up !
2 This is the fifth time a group of local youngsters has visited Almelo .
3 This is the fifth time the Cut Price store in Springbank has been broken into .
4 This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless .
5 ‘ This is the first time anything unusual has happened here since Goering occupied the building in 1940 , ’ one veteran observer was heard to remark .
6 It is the first time that Prince Charles has given direct financial help to a run-down urban area , and the Duchy has been granted a 125-year lease on the 0.6 acre site .
7 It is the first time the inspectorate has taken the board to court for an alleged lapse of safety .
8 Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton .
9 This is the first time UEFA has banned a Dutch club , but two years ago the national team were ordered to replay a European Championship qualifying match behind closed doors after Cyprus 's goalkeeper had been struck by a firework .
10 This momentous decision — it is the first time a former Greek prime minister has been indicted by parliament — was complemented by measures the left coalition in particular regards as vital to prevent abuse of power by single-party governments in future .
11 This Figaro is the first time he has tackled an opera written by someone other than himself .
12 It is the first time aviation experts and the rescue services have held a joint conference on the importance of working together .
13 ‘ This is the first time I 've done anything significant on film .
14 But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass .
15 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 .
16 This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected .
17 It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report .
18 It is the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978 .
19 It is the first time troops have been brought in during a dispute since 1978 .
20 This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders .
21 It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 .
22 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 .
23 It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum .
24 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 .
25 It is the first time a former officer has been given permission to write about MI5 since Sir Percy Sillitoe , the post-war head of the service , published his memoirs in 1955 .
26 It is the first time crews outside London have decided to cut themselves off from controllers and to accept only those calls put through by the police , the fire service , GPs , hospitals and the public .
27 ‘ It 's true this is the first time all but one of the World Cup downhills have been called off before Christmas and , with the Madonna slalom cancelled , that 's unique . ’
28 It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas .
29 It is the first time I have an internal examination .
30 It is the first time I have gone ahead and openly done something that my parents disapprove of .
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