Example sentences of "and a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that 's the first thing to realize , we 've got a multiply in there now we 've got this two piggy in the middle here , between an add and a times , so the times win . |
| 2 | If there is a time to sew and a time to reap , the latter has not yet arrived . |
| 3 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 4 | For others , Christmas is a welcome relief from the pressure of work and a time to recuperate . |
| 5 | Mr Hurd recalled the last Lib-Lab pact in the late 1970s as ‘ a period of shabbiness and indecision ’ and a time without social or economic achievement in which the Labour government lived from hand to mouth . |
| 6 | On the pitch he represented amazing , individualistic skill and off it he typified the so-called swinging sixties ( although the picture was actually taken in the early seventies ) of nightclubs , Manchester , and a time when footballers behaved like pop stars , not robots . |
| 7 | End with a summing up by the Chair and a time of prayer . |
| 8 | Structural awareness , ie having clear objectives , a plan and a time schedule . |
| 9 | and a time when cloths |
| 10 | You get up to 5 radiators , a wall mounted heat generator , a comfort controller and a time clock ; everything you need for the smaller home , at a very competitive price . |
| 11 | Even when she has selected a place and a time , the female cuckoo has still got the problem of introducing her egg into the host 's nest in such a way that it wo n't be rejected . |
| 12 | The facing table indicates the location of FREELINK pick-up points and a TIME BAND code for each departure . |
| 13 | Most people have heard of the world-famous Oktoberfest , ostensibly a folk festival and a time when Munich really lets go and gulps thousands of gallons of beer and schnapps , all in the name of tradition . |
| 14 | The situation in this respect is better for those at the younger end of the group than at the other , but a man or woman who was 40 in 1978 was only 10 in 1948 ; an impressionable age and a time before there was much relaxation in sexual codes . |
| 15 | That summer was a time of waiting for Sara , and a time when she saw her home , her family and her native Ireland with new eyes . |
| 16 | A student 's life is ruled by the clock : there 's a time to be up and about if you want breakfast ; a time to be in college for a lecture or tutorial ; a time by which you must hand in an essay or project report ; a time to study and a time to relax . |
| 17 | Such an undertaking can appear to be a matter of stating the obvious — that speaker J , in his first contribution , for example , is answering the ‘ what ’ question in terms of an understood-to-be-known location and a time which is known from an interaction between knowledge of J's age ( context ) and knowledge that J was at least fourteen ( domain ) . |
| 18 | It was a time to think and to watch , and a time to learn . |
| 19 | Annabelle , for you this is a first marriage and a time of excitement and hope . |
| 20 | Steven , for you this is a first marriage and a time of expectation and hope . |
| 21 | The sixties , however , certainly marked the end of the era of post-war austerity and a time when the belief that the State could solve most economic problems was strong . |
| 22 | At all events , the great age of Athens , on this reading , was the age of the Persian wars in the early years of the fifth century , a time of supreme political endeavour and a time when the grandest of all tragic dramatists , Aeschylus , was there to provide the spiritual leadership of the city . |
| 23 | THE immediate post-Christmas and New Year period is an opportune time to check your weight and count the excess pounds put on after the festive holiday — and a time to count the cost to your health and make a serious attempt to reduce the surplus . |
| 24 | I suppose that any idea that catches a mood and a time will have many fathers . |
| 25 | We would then have a report back in plenary and a time for additional comments . |
| 26 | It was coming close to midsummer , and a time when every man had more than enough work on his own land ; but Bishop Hrolf , rendered pentecostal amid the dusty glory of his chosen element , dispensed his rota of tasks with a bone-clear , indisputable justice that only the hardier ever disputed , and then under plain fear of excommunication . |
| 27 | Well , there 's a time to call a bluff and a time to fold — fold up , roll over and beg for mercy , that is . |
| 28 | to use , at least experimentally , as keys to a composer 's , and a time 's , expressive intentions . |
| 29 | A time to be born and a time to die . |
| 30 | A time to plant and a time to uproot . |