Example sentences of "is no time " in BNC.

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1 It is no time to run out of knives and forks , so cutlery sales should be buoyant about now .
2 A decade after the Scarman report on Brixton and on the evidence from our more troubled communities , this is no time for any of us to strike traditional postures .
3 Flying time is three and a half hours and there is no time change .
4 ‘ A time of historic change is no time for recklessness .
5 In addition to dried beans and pulse vegetables , I stock several varieties of canned beans which are always very popular for salads and quick meals , where there is no time ( or the customer forgot ! ) to soak dried pulses .
6 The obvious choice of sample was the skeletal material in the Beaker burials themselves , because for bone there is no time delay between death and cessation of 14 C exchange with the biosphere .
7 This is no time for sorrow
8 Given the severity of the Waldsterben syndrome there is no time to lose in grappling with its causes and formulating effective control strategies ’ .
9 When a sudden shock wave pressurises water captured in the pores between soil particles , there is no time or place for the water to move : the high pressure pushes the soil particles apart .
10 Transfer of micro-organisms from a surface at this stage is unlikely to be harmful as the numbers involved are too low to cause immediate infection and there is no time for multiplication on food .
11 ‘ This is no time to let a foreign correspondent into here . ’
12 There is no time limit on the patient 's capacity for physical recovery , although an experienced physiotherapist usually knows within the first few weeks of starting treatment how quick or slow a hemiplegic patient 's physical recovery is likely to be .
13 There is no time to raise any speculative questions about the interrelation of one part of the curriculum with another .
14 After all , our positive friend has so much to look forward to that there is no time to be indisposed .
15 Library managements might plead that there is no time for a highly staff-intensive activity such as stock revision , but the low priority given to an activity of such fundamental importance is disconcerting .
16 This is no time for delicacy and posing , it is time for strong-arm stuff which would bring looks of admiration from a shark angler and cause a tiddler snatcher to cringe in fear .
17 There is no time limit for pre-baiting .
18 Halfway through interviewing candidates is no time for governor discord or financial disagreements to surface , or for the true needs of the school to be hastily compromised .
19 There is no time for ‘ rubbish ’ ; there is no time for reading ‘ rubbish ’ .
20 There is no time for ‘ rubbish ’ ; there is no time for reading ‘ rubbish ’ .
21 Despite the enormous praise for the concert there is no time for rest for the performers — rehearsals for the Eggars summer concert are already underway .
22 This is no time to hesitate , though , for however dazed , withdrawn , emotional , restless , irritable or distant she may seem , she is as urgently in need of help as someone who has just been badly injured in a road accident .
23 This is no time for pretending that all will automatically be sweetness and light , just because you have a deep affection for each other .
24 If there is no time to relish and enjoy the uncluttered hour , are you perhaps too busy ?
25 This is no time to desert for some illusory future .
26 Tariq Ali contributes a feature to the paper , in which he asks ‘ could it happen here ? ’ and concludes ‘ the situation is not the same … but it is no time for complacency in Britain . ’
27 Chamber chief John Douglas urged the Government to accelerate public sector infrastructure projects , saying : ‘ There is no time to waste . ’
28 This is no time to ask for a pay rise
29 This is no time to ask for a pay rise
30 Advance bookings are not necessary and there is no time limit on your stay .
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