Example sentences of "not the first time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment . |
| 2 | This was not the first time that water had been collected in bulk , but hitherto those who indulged in the practice had generally been powerful bodies , like water or railway companies , who had acted under powers given them by legislation which at the same time made them liable for harm done by its escape . |
| 3 | At the weekend the prime minister , Giuliano Amato , had to reshuffle his cabinet because of the resignation of his finance and health ministers , not the first time that cabinet members have left the government in disgrace . |
| 4 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
| 5 | But a mental health charity says it 's not the first time such an incident has occurred . |
| 6 | It 's not the first time this has happened : he 's gone with prostitutes before . |
| 7 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
| 8 | The decision in 1990 by Britain to join the ERM was , indeed , not the first time this century that she has tried to defend herself from the possible consequences of wrong decisions by her own politicians by linking herself to those made by politicians in another country , through the mechanism of a fixed or managed exchange rate . |
| 9 | And it 's not the first time this has happened . |