Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] be [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite these real successes , however , my sense is that now is a time to take stock and to reflect on the theoretical , pedagogic and political foundations of multiculturalism and antiracism . |
| 2 | Museum directors have decided that now is the time to proceed with this daunting project which is estimated to cost between £15,000 to £20,000 to complete VH–UTH to static display standards . |
| 3 | Junior accountants at Price Waterhouse , one of the big six firms , have been told that now is the time to take their once-in-a-lifetime world tour or perhaps a summer stint as a yacht deckhand and that applications for extended unpaid leave ‘ will be looked on favourably ’ . |
| 4 | I have decided that now is the time to retire as Captain and that someone else should take the helm . |
| 5 | I have decided that now is the time to get tough . |
| 6 | ‘ Simple justice and commercial logic suggest that now is the time to remove the handcuffs from the ferry companies . ’ |
| 7 | Given the blurring of the distinction between banks and building societies , it was felt that now was the time to drop those measures ( M1 and M3 ) which included bank deposits but not building society deposits . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never met her , ’ she replied quietly , and deciding that now was the time to come clean — albeit that she would be lying in her teeth , ‘ She , Miss Pankracova , arranged an interview for — er — me , with Mr Vendelin Gajdusek for last Friday , only he — ’ |
| 9 | Mortimer shook his head to clear the cobwebs , thinking that here was a chance to see some action . |
| 10 | It occurred to her that she really should go to the dock , but she decided that here was a chance to do something more useful . |
| 11 | One was that it was horrible and she would always regret it if she made love to Tom only because she was drunk , the other that here was the opportunity to get it over , make a start , break the ice . |
| 12 | The need is there and so is the ability to create the new development . |
| 13 | Your prescription has worked and now is the time to repeat the same remedy . |
| 14 | But the manager has brought in nine new players , including himself , and now is the time to put a brake on . |
| 15 | I know they put flowers all twisting up it and over it and round about it and now 's the weather to get the job done and get it finished , look at the weeds growing up through the garden |
| 16 | Little and often is the way to achieve maximum benefit . |
| 17 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
| 18 | Travelogues were immensely popular , people had n't the resources to travel in those days easily unless they were wealthy , and here was a chance to see what the world was like in various places that were inaccessible erm to the average member of the audience . |
| 19 | He 'd been sitting on his fanny for three months now and here was a chance to do something . |
| 20 | And here was the chance to possess it ; to study it ; even , possibly , to understand it . |
| 21 | Pressures for a particular settlement in the Church , in other words , emerged from within society before the establishment of the new regime ; the eventual religious settlement worked out did not so much create the religious problem but rather was an attempt to deal with a religious problem that already existed , although in doing so the government inevitably created new religious tensions in the process . |
| 22 | The tail need not be fitted for this test , but now 's the time to attach it ready for the launch . |
| 23 | ‘ Deo , Caroline … forgive me , cara , but now is no time to ask me to stop … ’ |
| 24 | The breakthrough had been made but now was the time to confirm her arrival as a major talent . |
| 25 | Some plants and animals are becoming scarce in the intensely farmed parts of East Lothian but here is a chance to ensure that you will see them . |
| 26 | Lucy felt a surge of excitement , not only because here was the opportunity to see a kiwi in its natural surroundings , but also because she would be returning to the bush with Silas . |
| 27 | Scarlet wondered whether now was the moment to delve further into Camille 's ambitions . |