Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] time [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can now not only see why in such sentences one feels an implicit predication with respect to a support but also get a clearer view of why to is used before the infinitive : its role here seems to be simply that of indicating that the infinitive 's support is situated in time before the actualization of the infinitive 's event . |
| 2 | She will sail gently round the course in today 's race to score what points she can , while a replacement spar is completed in time for the climax of the series , the 630-mile Sydney to Hobart race which starts on Boxing Day . |
| 3 | The first thing a Minister has to do , then , is negotiate for time with the Leader of the House . |
| 4 | He served notice of his intention to table a radical report on how the EC is run in time for the meeting of the 12 leaders at the Lisbon summit in June . |
| 5 | This world of change and conflict , however , is not just a chaos but is governed throughout time by a principle of order or balance of opposites , keeping them within their due bounds . |