Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( 61 ) That may be the first time in my life that a man has dared insult me . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It will be the first time in more than two years that the ANC leader has shared a platform with Chief Buthelezi . |
| 8 | Three years can be a long time in a young life , Bernice concluded , and three years in Bernice 's century had certainly changed Ace . |
| 9 | We shall be a long time in Isvik . |
| 10 | Christmas can be a bleak time in the garden , but there 's a whole range of shrubs that will bring warmth and colour long before spring arrives . |
| 11 | A YEAR can be a short time in politics , especially in the case of the Labour Party whose internal workings are often slow to react to external stimuli . |