Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] time since " in BNC.

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1 It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas .
2 It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee .
3 This is the first time since its formation in 1935 that the association has organised a trespass as part of its campaign .
4 This is the first time since 1969 that we 've had them on site .
5 It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day .
6 It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas .
7 It is the tenth time since last April that his store has been broken into .
8 It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber .
9 It was the first time since 1966 that the FT , the paper serving businessmen and the City , had failed to endorse the Conservatives .
10 It was the first time since 1895 the election of the Speaker had been the subject of a division .
11 It was the first time since its creation in 1949 that the Wills constituency had returned a non-ALP member .
12 This was the first time since 1948 that the entire Legislative Yuan had been elected , and the first time ever that it had been elected entirely within Taiwan .
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