Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] time [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 2 | This is believed to be the first time that timber banned under CITES has been the target of Customs operations in Europe . |
| 3 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 4 | But if there is to be an Oxford mafia in Washington , it wo n't be the first time former University College students have made history . |
| 5 | ‘ There we go again — must be the fourth time this month . ’ |
| 6 | It is the first time that Pizza Hut has opened an Express slice operation in a leisure attraction of Thorpe Park 's size . |
| 7 | This is the first time that accounting standards have had even this amount of statutory backing . |
| 8 | This is the first time this question has arisen for decision by any court since the enactment of the Judicature Act 1873 . |
| 9 | ‘ This is the first time this kind of survey has been done . |
| 10 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
| 11 | This is the first time this problem 's arisen ? |
| 12 | ‘ It is the first time this sort of thing has happened at our Omagh garage but unfortunately people in the motor trade are all too familiar with this kind of theft , ’ said Mr Sloan . |
| 13 | It is the second time this year one of his drivers has been hijacked in protests at British exports and the Gatt world trade deal . |
| 14 | It may be my wish upon them , but this is the second time this year that the two regiments in which I served , the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Welsh Regiment , have been under pressure . |
| 15 | Well this is the last time this hospital we hope . |
| 16 | That 's the fifth time this week we 've been attacked . ’ |
| 17 | It 's the second time this year a plane from Upper Heyford has crashed . |
| 18 | It 's the second time this season that the track has caused a meeting to be abandoned . |
| 19 | That 's the second time this week I 've had boys over my garden wall . |
| 20 | It 's the second time this month , Mrs Jones has been robbed ; this tied cottage has been her home for 72 years . |
| 21 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 22 | It 's the first time that protection against meningitis has been offered as a routine childhood immunisation , as Jessica Fowle reports |
| 23 | It 's the third time this year that the boy 's been to stay with his grandparents — and social services hope another fortnight will do him good . |
| 24 | ( Wringing her apron in mock indignation ) That 's the third time this week I 've picked his Good polyester-dacron trousers up off the floor and Hung them up in their crease . |
| 25 | I do n't know , that 's the old time honoured way of doing it , is n't it ? |
| 26 | That was the second time this afternoon he had mentioned Seville and that was a bit of a coincidence . |
| 27 | It was the second time this season that the two Gwent sides had finished all-square , and that was the only sign of any lingering bitterness from the earlier match . |
| 28 | It was the second time this season Dettori and Michael Roberts have split a decision after Shujan and Haddaaj proved inseparable at Sandown in July . |
| 29 | It was the first time professional ballet was seen in South Africa , and the performances caused much excitement . |
| 30 | It does n't , if you like , make sense and the key year , as I say , is nineteen seventy eight because that was the first time that spending on overseas holidays exceeded the spending on U K holidays . |