Example sentences of "be [adv] the [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are times when the behaviour of an animal is uncertain ; which is just the kind of time when other animals will want information about what it is going to do . |
| 2 | There is also the pressure of time , when he knows there is a long list of cases still waiting to be tried at that particular circuit . |
| 3 | As Bennett ( 1978 , 1987 ) points out , one of the most important determinants of pupils ' learning is simply the amount of time they spend in it . |
| 4 | But what chiefly concerns me here is simply the amount of time needed for what we know to have happened in the geological past if we can only postulate " normal processes " . |
| 5 | She knew she 'd be happier with a specific task to take her mind off things rather than just sitting about waiting for whatever might happen next , even if it was only the passing of time . |
| 6 | The great problem of uniformitarianism was always the amount of time needed to explain what was known to have happened in the history of the earth ( including the evolution of all its species ) if one could only Postulate present processes . |
| 7 | But an important reason for the long , unbroken stretch of work in the field was undoubtedly the amount of time and trouble that was necessary to yoke and unyoke a team of eight , or even four , oxen . |