Example sentences of "be [adv] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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31 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
32 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
33 | 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 . |
34 | Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air . |
35 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
36 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
37 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
38 | 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 . |
39 | 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 . |
40 | It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor . |
41 | It is not the first time that Chamonix officials have decided youth and mountains do not mix . |
42 | 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 . |
43 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
44 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
45 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
46 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
47 | 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 . |
48 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
49 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
50 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
51 | 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 ? |
52 | 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 . |
53 | 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 . |
54 | ‘ This is not the first time . ’ |
55 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
56 | ‘ It is not the first time , and it wo n't be the last , ’ he laughed . |
57 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
58 | It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment . |
59 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
60 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |