Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 2 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 3 | This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization . |
| 4 | This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) : |
| 5 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 6 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 7 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 8 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
| 9 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
| 10 | IT IS NOT THE FIRST time the American cinema has dealt with the assassination of President John Kennedy but the research involved in , and the detail of JFK ( 15 , Empire ) , make it extraordinary — as do the direction and the playing of a cast led by Kevin Costner . |
| 11 | Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air . |
| 12 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 15 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
| 16 | This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path . |
| 17 | It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor . |
| 18 | It is not the first time that Chamonix officials have decided youth and mountains do not mix . |
| 19 | This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent . |
| 20 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 21 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
| 22 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 23 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
| 24 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 25 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 27 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 28 | Is the Home Secretary aware that his decision of 2 May put that Zairean teacher in an extremely dangerous and vulnerable position , and that it is not the first time that his Department has deported people in the face of a court decision that they should remain in this country ? |
| 29 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 30 | It is not the first time that her family have worked at Glenpatrick as both her father and two of her aunts have also done so . |