Example sentences of "[is] in [noun] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 In Conservative thinking , the production of internationally tradable goods is the least appropriate activity for public ownership , and the end of nationalized manufacture in the UK is in sight at the time of writing ( late 1989 ) .
2 The Court of Victoria rightly rejected the contention that a careless act can never give rise to a cause of action in negligence unless there is in existence at the time of the act a legal person affected by it who can sue .
3 A bishop who is in office at the time the Canon becomes law may declare that in his diocese no woman is to be ordained priest or ( with minor exceptions ) minister as a priest .
4 It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun .
5 Where the holder of a canteen licence ceases to manage the canteen , the person who is in charge for the time being can , for a period of 14 days from the date " when the holder ceased to be manager , sell liquor as if the licence had been transferred to him .
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