Example sentences of "[is] not the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 SPRING is not the only time to sow seeds .
2 It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead .
3 But she hands over the money because this is not the right time to fight him .
4 ‘ This is not the right time .
5 realise that this is not the best time to discuss their drug or solvent use
6 This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction .
7 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 .
8 This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization .
9 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 ) :
10 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 .
11 This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak .
12 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 .
13 This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century .
14 It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage .
15 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 .
16 Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air .
17 It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule .
18 ‘ 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 . ’
19 ‘ 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 . ’
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor .
23 It is not the first time that Chamonix officials have decided youth and mountains do not mix .
24 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 .
25 " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? "
26 This is not the first time such suggestions have been made .
27 This is not the first time we have spun coins !
28 This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ .
29 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 .
30 This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’
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