Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minutes of the last meeting , the twentieth , the nineteenth of October , which is quite a long time ago , did anyone have any particular comments ? |
| 2 | Which is quite a long time . |
| 3 | What we 've done , is we 've set up an answer phone to pick up these calls after 13 seconds , after 13 rings sorry , about 30 seconds , which is quite a long time . |
| 4 | Safely ensconced with her fishhouse in a Devon village , she is now a full time fishkeeping journalist and translator . |
| 5 | Such connections are occasionally recognised in orthodox medicine where there is not a long time delay between one complaint developing and the next , though the significance of the link between diseases is frequently missed . |
| 6 | If goods have not been delivered within 30 days following expiry of an agreed time limit or if there is not an agreed time limit within 60 says from the time the carrier took over the goods , this shall be taken as evidence of the loss of the goods . |
| 7 | There is generally a two-year time lag in the information being made available due to the large size and complexity of the data set . |
| 8 | THERE is never a good time to kiss £100,000 goodbye — but with Christmas round the corner , Colin McRae must be wondering what he has done to upset St Stephen . |
| 9 | There is never a good time for the tax-man to call . |
| 10 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 11 | Cases on the common law side are usually won not through counsel 's address to the court , which there is usually a little time to prepare in advance , but through the effective examination of witnesses . |
| 12 | ‘ No , it is not a good time to be opening a hotel of this calibre , ’ Wolfgang Nitschke agrees . |
| 13 | Fat bald man asks if it is not a bracing time of year . |
| 14 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 15 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 16 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 17 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
| 18 | IT IS NOT THE FIRST time the American cinema has dealt with the assassination of President John Kennedy but the research involved in , and the detail of JFK ( 15 , Empire ) , make it extraordinary — as do the direction and the playing of a cast led by Kevin Costner . |
| 19 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
| 20 | It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor . |
| 21 | It is not the first time that Chamonix officials have decided youth and mountains do not mix . |
| 22 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 23 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 24 | Is the Home Secretary aware that his decision of 2 May put that Zairean teacher in an extremely dangerous and vulnerable position , and that it is not the first time that his Department has deported people in the face of a court decision that they should remain in this country ? |
| 25 | It is not the first time that her family have worked at Glenpatrick as both her father and two of her aunts have also done so . |
| 26 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It is not the first time , and it wo n't be the last , ’ he laughed . |
| 28 | It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment . |
| 29 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
| 30 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |