Example sentences of "not [be] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 2 | The test car I drove had a serious wind noise problem , which will not be the first time Ford has heard that about the Escort , but it otherwise came across as well conceived — it 's easy to load and has a completely flat floor with rear seats folded — and competent . |
| 3 | This will not be the first time it has been tried , and the observations of one former planning official are worth quoting at length : |
| 4 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 5 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
| 6 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
| 7 | Might he not be playing a far deeper game although not a new one , since it would not be the first time that the man who hatched the plot and encouraged others most ardently to join it , should be the very one to turn his fellow conspirators over to the magistrates . |
| 8 | The World Championship match will not be the first time the two players have contested a world title . |