Example sentences of "[be] the second time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is the second time in recent months that the Finnish currency has been hit by a crisis of confidence .
2 It is the second time in a year the body of a baby has been found in the street .
3 This is the second time in less than two weeks that the Government have failed to respond to the Prime Minister 's so-called commitment to women 's equality .
4 This is the second time in the last 2 weeks that Julian Cleave has surveyed the aftermath of an arson attack .
5 It is the second time in a month the centre has been broken into and elderly residents said they were concerned for their safety .
6 This is the second time in a fortnight the Chancellor has broken with the convention that he does not comment on interest-rate movements .
7 This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route .
8 The game about to be got under way here , it 's the second time of course that we 've had the taste of European football in just er inside a few weeks here at Lane , a very poor night for weather , you who 've not ventured out well , I think we understand that er because er as we say , it 's not a night when you would turn the dog out .
9 It 's the second time in a month that the Highbury hit-man has been accused of insulting fans .
10 ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water .
11 It 's the second time in a quarter of a century that the locals have come into conflict with planning officials .
12 It 's the second time in a year that the same company has had produce destroyed by French farmers angry about EC imports .
13 It 's the second time in a year that the haulage company Ralph Davies of Cheltenham has had fruit cargoes destroyed .
14 It 's the second time in less than two weeks that officers have found the weapons in the hands of foreign tourists .
15 It 's the second time in a week that officers from Thames Valley police have spoken out about what they see as abuse of the judicial system .
16 It 's the second time in two years a ban has been considered — last time the council threw it out .
17 He says that it 's the second time in a year the house has been flooded .
18 That 's the second time in the past four weeks we 've had missed that .
19 And that 's the second time in the past four weeks that those pieces have been missing from it .
20 That 's the second time in the past four weeks we 've had missed that
21 And that 's the second time in the past four weeks that those pieces have been missing from it
22 It was the second time in 24 hours that they had acted to stop a party in the county .
23 It was the second time in successive World Cup ties that Leighton had let down his colleagues .
24 In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine .
25 It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that she had put her hand on his thigh .
26 She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words .
27 It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis .
28 It was the second time in a fortnight the Glens had gone down to Portadown , but Saturday 's was a much brighter performance than the 3–
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