Example sentences of "[not/n't] [art] first time the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste .
3 This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods .
4 Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one .
5 This was n't the first time the pin in the tower blew out , it used to happen one in every six mixes .
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