Example sentences of "is the [adj] time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After five days it came with the speed of a poltergeist hurling a vase : Robson is the long time presenter of the Metro Radio programme Night Owls , ghosts strut their stuff at night , the two make a neat marketing ploy . |
| 2 | One shop steward remarked that , ‘ that is the first time management have trained us as they would train one another . |
| 3 | It is the first time aviation experts and the rescue services have held a joint conference on the importance of working together . |
| 4 | This is the first time WGEC has sponsored trainees through two years of full-time education . |
| 5 | Handball Although Merseyside is a hotbed of the sport , with no fewer than five national league men 's and women 's team , this is the first time handball has been included in the Games . |
| 6 | A commonly demonstrated feature of the system is the real time manipulation of video windows , allowing them to be re-sized , zoomed , tiled and shrunk using extremely simple control commands . |
| 7 | However , dr is the proper time interval measured on a clock carried by someone moving from . |
| 8 | This is the same time qualification as that for an unfair dismissal claim . |