Example sentences of "[is] a [adj] time for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bad time for the doorbell to go , but that 's what happens . |
| 2 | IN THE light of the recent debate on defence in the House of Commons , perhaps now is a good time for the people of Darlington to be told where the prospective Labour candidate stands on the issue of nuclear disarmament . |
| 3 | Dumped out of the Pilkington Cup last Saturday and sweating on four points , coach Keith Richardson admitted : ‘ This is a desperate time for the club , one where we have lost 12 players before the season started and too many games for comfort . |
| 4 | It is a worrying time for the Cupertino company , but it probably can come through more or less unscathed , simply because people buy Apple kit not for the underlying technology but for what 's on top of it , so provided a happy marriage can be arranged between the PowerPC hardware and Apple 's software , and the thing ends up looking to the user like a Macintosh that is simply faster , more powerful , more easy to use and in all ways better than the 68040-based models , Apple should be able to scrape through — and there is still a Motorola Inc 68060 in the pipeline that Apple can fall back on if everything in the IBM relationship goes awry . |
| 5 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 6 | ‘ He has reminded me that the beginning of a reign is a traditional time for the pardoning of malefactors , ’ he said . |
| 7 | This is a valuable time for the family to get to know the vicar or deacon and talk about the person who has died , but often the discussion will centre on practical arrangements like deciding on hymns , music , and order of service . |
| 8 | ( Autumn , as you will have noted from this manuscript , is a busy time for the extraterrestrials . ) |