Example sentences of "[adj] [be] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Will this be the first time you 've worked in theatre ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , let this be the last time . |
| 3 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 4 | We know that families are tied to school holiday dates , and for that reason we offer our highest discounts during these periods ; this is the best time to go combined with the best value . |
| 5 | This is the best time to climb Pen-y-ghent , either from Horton-in-Ribblesdale or Dale Head in Silverdale . |
| 6 | During flightless stage of their summer moult , eider drakes all gather at ‘ traditional ’ sites in flocks sometimes over a thousand strong , and this is the best time to get an accurate estimate of the size of the population . |
| 7 | This is the best time of the year for seeking out the Great Bear , though from most of Australia and South Africa it is always very low , and from Sydney or the Cape only part of it rises . |
| 8 | The Magellanic Clouds are prominent , and this is the best time to unravel the somewhat confusing region of the Southern Birds — Grus , Pavo , Tucana and Phœnix . |
| 9 | The boss quickly interjected : " This is the best time to get new clients on board . |
| 10 | This is the best time I 've had since I came here . |
| 11 | ‘ This is the best time of the day , ’ she said , taking a mouthful of ale . |
| 12 | Besides , this is the best time for fishing , when it 's cooler — it makes them sluggish — ’ |
| 13 | This is the best time to take your client back to the introductions you mentioned earlier . |
| 14 | The Lord Chief Justice has agreed with me that this is the appropriate time to obtain an initial judicial view on the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 15 | This is the one time of year when I wish I did n't live in the depths of Devon , as my nearest indoor school is 1¾ hours away , and Ferdi Eilberg my dressage trainer lives 3½ miles away ! |
| 16 | This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless . |
| 17 | ‘ This is the first time anything unusual has happened here since Goering occupied the building in 1940 , ’ one veteran observer was heard to remark . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ This is the first time I 've done anything significant on film . |
| 21 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | IN referring to the Chilean Order of Merit awarded to Mr Harold Pinter , Mandrake ( March 29 ) stated that this is the first time the honour has been bestowed upon a playwright or , indeed , upon an ‘ intellectual ’ of any description . |
| 28 | As far as anyone knows this is the first time legal eagles have taken on a businessman as boss . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ . |