Example sentences of "only the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOT ONLY the classic time and dimension-bending post-modern tome — as the notorious recluse 's agent informed me , ‘ Pynchon does not allow film . ’ |
| 2 | All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air . |
| 3 | The Congress Party , the biggest single group in the house , but now in opposition for only the second time since independence in 1947 , had no option but to sit in silence when the voice-vote was called . |
| 4 | Swan put Hull ahead with a close-range shot , but Plymouth , who dropped their captain , Tommy Tynan , for only the second time in seven years , equalised throughCampbell before Terry hit Hull 's winner . |
| 5 | just a couple of months afterwards , playing India in Trinidad with three spin bowlers in his team , he saw them reach 406 for 4 to win the match , only the second time a team had passed 400 runs to win a Test . |
| 6 | The Edinburgh team , missing Tony Hand with an injured wrist , could now fail to reach Wembley for only the second time in nine years . |
| 7 | Murrayfield Racers , with just a point from three games , appear destined to miss Wembley for only the second time in nine years , but were unlucky to lose 5-4 at Durham . |
| 8 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 9 | For only the second time in the 103-year history of the Army Cup , a unit has won the coveted trophy for three years in succession . |
| 10 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 11 | It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans . |
| 12 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |
| 13 | Already Chelsea fans are talking with conviction about the club winning the championship for only the second time in its history . |
| 14 | Three more tries followed to rub more salt into Trinity 's wounds and put Crusaders into the second round of the Regal Trophy for only the second time in their history . |
| 15 | So much depends on Wright , still seeking his first England goal , and Shearer , who play together for only the second time . |
| 16 | This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer . |
| 17 | With Britain 's other 1500 metres hope , Kevin McKay , also missing out , we do n't have a runner in the final for only the second time this century . |
| 18 | The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years . |
| 19 | This is only the second time that 6203 has hauled passenger trains at the Centre , the first was in November 1991 when thick fog rather spoilt any photographic opportunities . |
| 20 | And after raising the board and finding six washleather bags of sovereigns she had really believed him , and for only the second time she could remember in her life , she had cried . |
| 21 | In the first quarter of 1980 the ICI group was making profits at a rate of six hundred million pounds a year and in the third quarter we posted a loss for only the second time in our history . |
| 22 | This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view . |
| 23 | The XVIth triennial General Conference of International Council of Museums ( ICOM ) will take place in Quebec City ( 19–26 September ) , marking only the second time in its forty-six year history that the group has met in North America . |
| 24 | For perhaps only the second time since the Turner Prize was inaugurated in 1984 , the jury , comprising Nicholas Serota , Director of the Tate Gallery , Marie-Claude Beaud , Director of the Cartier Foundation , Robert Hopper , Director of the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust , Time Out 's art critic , Sarah Kent , and collector and director of CNN 's European operations , Howard Karshan , has compiled a genuinely balanced short-list of artists whose work will be shown in an exhibition opening at the Tate Gallery at the beginning of this month ( 4–29 November ) and from whom a winner will be announced at a formal dinner taking place at the museum on 24 November . |
| 25 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 26 | When the property came up for sale , for only the second time in its long history , a telegram was despatched to Honora , who was working in London : ‘ Will you invest savings in Plas ? ’ |
| 27 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 28 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 29 | In 20 years as headmaster this is only the second time something like this has happened and the previous incident was even smaller . ’ |
| 30 | It was a repeat of the result of the first Fourball series at Muirfield village two years ago but only the second time that the Americans had been shut out since the fourball format was introduced at Atlanta in 1963 . |