Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we were talking about timing for people , you 're the same time in your car as you are in |
| 2 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |
| 3 | It will be the first time in 15 years that an England tour party has not included one of the celebrated trio , who between them have appeared in 298 Test matches . |
| 4 | This was to be the first time in history that aircraft were used for ground attack , as an integral part of an operation carried out by ground and air forces . |
| 5 | May was saying , ‘ This will be the first time in years that Lucy and Jim and the bairns have n't spent New Year 's Eve with us . |
| 6 | ( 61 ) That may be the first time in my life that a man has dared insult me . |
| 7 | If both Graf and Agassi were to succumb to their injuries , it would be the first time in the Open era that both reigning singles champions have not returned to defend their titles . |
| 8 | It will be the first time in more than two years that the ANC leader has shared a platform with Chief Buthelezi . |
| 9 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 10 | Your wedding day is the one time in your life that you can live out your wildest dreams and most romantic fantasies . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 14 | Nelson , dismissed for complaining about a tackle by Derek Mountfield , said : ‘ I 've played more than 550 games and this is the first time in my career I 've been sent off . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is the first time in thousands of holidays that we have lost any clients . ’ |
| 17 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 18 | It is the first time in the history of this House that a petition has been presented accompanied by a demand . ’ |
| 19 | This is the first time in my working life I have to go to the family to ask them for money . |
| 20 | In his opening address welcoming delegates to the summit on Nov. 19 , President François Mitterrand of France said that " it is the first time in history that we witness a change in the depth of the European landscape that is not the outcome of a war or bloody revolution " . |
| 21 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 22 | This is the first time in which such a virus has been found in amphibians . |
| 23 | This is the first time in Britain … possibly in Europe that this legislation has been used for enforcement in this way |
| 24 | To the best of my knowledge , and there may be someone out there who knows better , it is the first time in the UK that a bike dealer has offered this service . |
| 25 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 26 | ‘ This is the first time in the history of higher education in Scotland that any lecturer has been threatened with compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 27 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 28 | The shortest path through a network is the minimum time in which the whole process represented could be completed . |
| 29 | The shower is the only time in any twenty-four-hour period I take my underpants right off . |
| 30 | It is the second time in recent months that the Finnish currency has been hit by a crisis of confidence . |