Example sentences of "[adj] time for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His quickest time for a 30-question puzzle was three-and-a-half minutes , which he did in the national championships though doing less well on the second puzzle meant he missed coming top . |
| 2 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 3 | It was high time for a fresh interpretation . |
| 4 | The most popular time for a first child is the third year of marriage ( 41 per cent ) . |
| 5 | Besides which , it takes some time for a new general to adapt to his command , and time was something we did not have . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It seems to me like the perfect time for a little humour . ’ |
| 7 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 8 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 9 | The critical time for an adverse effect on language development is during the first three years of life ( Sak and Ruben 1981 ; Zinkus et al . |
| 10 | Once I got the hang of it , I had been telling myself smugly , there would be nothing to stop us having a marvelous time for a glorious night and a day … |
| 11 | For the first time for a long while , Corbett felt wanted and warmed to these simple yet sophisticated men so bound up in their own routine of prayer , work and study that they regarded any visitor as a visible sign of God 's grace . |
| 12 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 13 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 14 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 15 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 16 | It was not an auspicious time for a new play to open , in any case , and the reaction of the critics was decidedly mixed — in spite , or perhaps because , of Eliot 's labours the meaning of the play remained elusive and its symbolism jarred with the realism of its setting . |
| 17 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 18 | You will therefore be put in the position of paying two mortgages at the same time for a short period . |
| 19 | The waiting time for a new telephone in eastern Germany will be cut to the four to six weeks that is typical for western Germans by the end of 1995 , German Postal Minister Wolfgang Boetsch promised . |
| 20 | Just enough time for a reverse-charge call , and an excuse for getting away if the conversation began to get awkward . |
| 21 | The running time for a twenty-minute sound tape , for instance , might vary by several seconds either way at each playing depending on the quality of the machine . |
| 22 | It was the normal time for a private member 's bill , but it was certainly not the normal time for a major Prime Ministerial oration . |
| 23 | In the Western calendar a new decade had just begun — it was the right time for a new beginning ! |
| 24 | But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits . |
| 25 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 26 | They left the home between 4 pm and 5 pm and returned in the early hours of the morning , often coinciding with the feeding time for a young baby . |
| 27 | Some years ago Collectair featured another commemorative luftwaffe Christmas plate , that time for a celebratory landing at Moscow , something that never happened . |
| 28 | Net earnings per share , adjusted last time for a two-for-one stock split paid in March 1993 , rose 100% to $0.36 in the quarter , 104.4% to $0.92 in the nine months . |
| 29 | Net per share , adjusted last time for a two-for-one stock split paid in February 1992 , fell 66.7% to $0.10 in the quarter , 35.2% to $0.70 in the year . |
| 30 | Net earnings per share , adjusted last time for a two-for-one stock split paid in December 1992 , amounted to $0.42 . |