Example sentences of "be the [adj] time [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 2 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 3 | Even then this will be the first time a draft will have been presented to Council . |
| 4 | The Admiral can have the admiral 's cabin — it 'll be the first time an admiral has slept there . |
| 5 | It 'll be the first time the race will be multi racial . |
| 6 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ I said , ‘ but it wo n't be the first time the map 's been wrong . ’ |
| 7 | It will be the first time the programme has ever been done outside London , and the first time it has been done in front of an audience . |
| 8 | The date will be the first time the group 's new seven-track CD recording for which finished earlier this week will be on sale . |
| 9 | But its likely to be the last time a circus comes to the town … councillors have voted to ban performing animals from their land . |
| 10 | This turned out to be the last time The Committee saw a race course until this season and On The Other Hand then lost his form after his Leopardstown Chase win . |
| 11 | This will be the fourth time the World Cup has opened at the Utah resort , the third time for women . |
| 12 | IN HIS preview of England 's tour of New Zealand ( WCM Jan ) , Steven Lynch alluded to the first England tour of New Zealand in 1929–30 as being the only time a country has been engaged in two Test series simultaneously . |
| 13 | This is the fifth time a group of local youngsters has visited Almelo . |
| 14 | This is the fifth time the Cut Price store in Springbank has been broken into . |
| 15 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 16 | It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum . |
| 17 | ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer . |
| 18 | It is the first time a party from the south have joined the team , headed by Keith Taylor , area organiser for the charity , Aid to Romanian Orphans . |
| 19 | The Committee believes that this is the first time a group of solicitors , experts in their field , have considered the legal feasibility of an anti-discrimination law to help people with disabilities work . |
| 20 | this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation |
| 21 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
| 22 | It is the first time the Service has explained its stand in the dispute , which led to serious disturbances among loyalist inmates in the Maze . |
| 23 | This is the first time the kid 's been out so long . |
| 24 | It is the first time the inspectorate has taken the board to court for an alleged lapse of safety . |
| 25 | However , Mr Leeder said : ‘ Quite honestly I do n't hold out much hope , but this is the first time the church has agreed to visit us . |
| 26 | IN referring to the Chilean Order of Merit awarded to Mr Harold Pinter , Mandrake ( March 29 ) stated that this is the first time the honour has been bestowed upon a playwright or , indeed , upon an ‘ intellectual ’ of any description . |
| 27 | This is the first time the tactic has been used , effectively creating a barrier between the residents at risk and the revellers . |
| 28 | If this is the first time the guest has used the hotel a guest history card is sometimes created ( see Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 29 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 30 | It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report . |