Example sentences of "[conj] it is a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 2 | If artists gather in stables then New York in the summertime is a veritable art rodeo : group shows abound and it is a matchless time to take the measure of any given gallery . |
| 3 | The sheer variety of current systems is phenomenal and it is a full time job just keeping pace with developments . |
| 4 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 5 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |
| 6 | ‘ There has been some interest , but it is a difficult time to be selling housing sites . |
| 7 | But it is a bad time to be coming back into the side with results poor and confidence low . |
| 8 | Do you eat when it is a certain time , or do you eat when you are hungry ? |
| 9 | There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish . |