Example sentences of "be [adv] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 2 | This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view . |
| 3 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 4 | With the economy predicted to be on the upturn it is perhaps the right time for Allied to invest in the Firkin chain and cash in early on the next consumer boom . |
| 5 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 6 | It 's probably the worst time in the world to tell you , but there you are . |
| 7 | Soon after the eruption last year , Brian Toon , of the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffatt Field , California , was quoted as saying , ‘ this is really the first time in modern meteorology that something has happened that has the potential to affect the climate . |
| 8 | When the kids are safely tucked up in bed , Saturday night is surely the ideal time for resting . |
| 9 | But the Minstrel 's manager says today is precisely the right time for them . |
| 10 | He went on relentlessly , ‘ You 've come without gear for camping or fishing , and it 's definitely the wrong time of the year for swimming in the river . ’ |
| 11 | This was only the fourth time on which the UN had imposed sanctions , the previous occasions being sanctions against Rhodesia , South Africa and Iraq . |
| 12 | It was also the rising time of the women 's liberation movement ( mid-century phase ) and with it an outspoken refusal of conventional fashion . |
| 13 | This was almost the only time during the twentieth century when Dutch rule assumed a relatively progressive face . |