Example sentences of "is the [adj] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 2 | But this is the first time they have attacked by the very people supposed to be the most enthusiastic about them . |
| 3 | Though this is the first time they have mentioned a gun . |
| 4 | The appearance at Fairford is the first time they 've appeared in the west and it 's a matter of immense pride to them . |
| 5 | For most children , this is the first time they 've ever seen Reindeer . |
| 6 | It is the first time they have spoken publicly since the death of their two-year-old son James in February this year . |
| 7 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |