Example sentences of "be the [noun sg] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In popular discussions of private education , grandparents emerge as people very likely to pay school fees ( Guardian 27 May 1986 ) and it certainly has been the case for some time that it is advantageous in taxation terms for them to do so , since grandparents can take out a deed of covenant to cover this payment whereas parents can not . |
| 2 | One of the most important innovations in macroeconomic modelling during the last decade has been the development of continuous time econometric models . |
| 3 | A team at Pittsburgh realised that the fact that a move need only be proven bad once could be the key to enormous time savings . |
| 4 | It can be seen that the raw material of creativity has a diverse background of information ; in Coleridge 's case he was an avid reader of all the explorations that were the rage at that time . |
| 5 | As is the case with full time care , the ideal form of short-term care is fostering , but here it is again difficult to find the potential foster parents . |
| 6 | Sir Christopher Wren 's 17th-century masterpiece in Greenwich , south-east London , is the home of Mean Time and Longitude Zero . |
| 7 | A further inhibiting factor on the Home Secretary 's freedom of action is the pressure on Parliamentary time available to the Government to get its legislative programme enacted . |
| 8 | Land and some money was given by the family of Rev Howard-Hall , who was the rector at that time , for the erection of a building for the use of the people of Sproatley , of any denomination , for their education and recreation . |
| 9 | It was the custom at that time that when a worker married he was allowed to make himself a chair in the company 's time ; this was called a ‘ marriage chair ’ . |
| 10 | Rogation derives from the Latin rogare , to ask or beseech , and it was the custom at this time of year to seek God 's blessing on the new spring crops , or in coastal areas upon the fisheries . |
| 11 | It was the fashion at that time for rich people to have a little black page , dressed up in silks and satins and riding on the step of their carriage . |