Example sentences of "time for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time for gentle breezes is over , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg typed ) , the time for the oohs and ahs , for the oh so beautiful and the ah so expressive , for the deep humanity and the flesh-coloured tints , for the sensitive and the profound , for the exquisite and the brilliant . |
| 2 | Coffee was next , and then it was time for the bill . |
| 3 | This is slightly more than the distance that most pilots would like for a spot landing at the gliding site because you need a little more time for the approach in a strange place . |
| 4 | Oh , so now we have time for the exhibition ? thought Jay . |
| 5 | You simply do not have the time for the ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences so beloved in basic training . |
| 6 | Further , Lorca , a gifted painter and pianist , had little time for the academic qua academe . |
| 7 | It was time for the Other Woman to go back to America . |
| 8 | Joanne 's commitment to the next 12 months will leave her little time for the hobbies that she enjoyed before tennis came along . |
| 9 | The Class 321 units ( of which the first was delivered in September 1988 ) , were an immediate success , but the same can not be said of the Class 442 ‘ Wessex Electrics ’ of which twenty-four five-car units should have been delivered in time for the May 1988 timetable . |
| 10 | It was an apt time for the old dilemma of trying to forget where you were ( while being excited by the position ) and trying not to think about the uncertainties of the morrow ( while looking forward to them ) . |
| 11 | The IEE has tried to negotiate with Thomson , offering help with writing and publishing his biography in time for the fiftieth anniversary of Blumlein 's death in June 1992 . |
| 12 | It will take time for the implications of his work to be properly assimilated and understood ; the process involves transposition from a cultural context that is more remote than the French . |
| 13 | Work for the A-level examination in English Literature means a narrow concentration on a limited number of texts , and curricular pressures do not leave time for the undirected contextual reading that would provide broader literary experience . |
| 14 | Arthur Cox 's admiration for John Fashanu is well known , and perhaps it is time for the Maxwell millions to be used to purchase just such a battering Ram . |
| 15 | Most critics ignore the dreariness of our streets , but it is time for the public to demand better |
| 16 | Peter McEnery and Dorothy Tutin ( above ) play the middle-aged ex-lovers who iron out the wrinkles and get together just in time for the final curtain . |
| 17 | As such , it should command the attention even of readers who feel that they have no time for the art . |
| 18 | ‘ It is time for the party as a whole to take a step back and look at the way in which its democracy is being carried out , ’ he told the conference . |
| 19 | The right politician must be put in charge of the Treasury to bring the economy back to even keel , reduce the trade deficit and force both inflation and interest rates down in time for the next election . |
| 20 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 21 | Which makes it an apposite time for the Science Museum to open a new £1.2m permanent Gallery , Food For Thought , to ‘ explain the impact of science and technology on today 's food ’ . |
| 22 | The Tigers , who will also be minus the magic of the holidaying Les Cusworth , are relieved to hear that their England centre , Paul Dodge , and the England B flanker , John Wells , have recovered from hamstring injuries in time for the trip . |
| 23 | While a few policemen tried to the bitter end to avoid conversation with the field-worker , sufficient rapport was established over time for the majority to talk quite openly to her about what are highly sensitive and controversial topics in a Northern Ireland context . |
| 24 | Those who do not approve the Mobilizing Ideal for the media should not approve extra media time for the government , especially near to election time . |
| 25 | If one looks at the figures presented at Budget time for the previous financial year , for the financial year 1967/1968 , it is pretty clear in broad terms on what scale the process had been in operation . |
| 26 | The manager must work to ensure everything is in place so that the band 's product comes out in time for the public to make up its own mind . |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics . |
| 28 | For a period , he worked in the Manchester factory from 3am until 5pm , going to bed at 7pm so he could get up in time for the next day 's duty . |
| 29 | There they will have seen the steepest acceleration graph we have ever plotted , with it 0–100mph time of only 14secs and an elapsed time for the standing quarter-mile of 13.9secs . ’ |
| 30 | Nurturing this side of the business — with dramatic success — has occupied most of his time for the past 10 years . |