Example sentences of "[is] the [adj] time this " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the first time this question has arisen for decision by any court since the enactment of the Judicature Act 1873 . |
| 2 | This is the first time this major title has gone to a coloured paddler and so is of great significance to those who think that canoeing is a whites-only sport . |
| 3 | ‘ This is the first time this kind of survey has been done . |
| 4 | This is the first time this problem 's arisen ? |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Well this is the last time this hospital we hope . |
| 10 | That 's the fifth time this week we 've been attacked . ’ |
| 11 | That 's the second time this week I 've had boys over my garden wall . |
| 12 | It 's the second time this month , Mrs Jones has been robbed ; this tied cottage has been her home for 72 years . |
| 13 | It 's the second time this season that the track has caused a meeting to be abandoned . |
| 14 | It 's the second time this year a plane from Upper Heyford has crashed . |
| 15 | ( 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |