Example sentences of "the time [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the legal tangle surrounding ‘ culpability ’ was never really unravelled : no eye-witnesses , contradictory evidence on possible mechanical faults , discrepancies about the time recorded for the breathalyser test — these factors resulted in Kemp getting away comparatively lightly , being banned from driving for three years only , with what must have seemed to many the derisory fine of only four hundred pounds . |
| 2 | Again she was a busy young mother who did not really find the time to mourn for the loss of her unborn children . |
| 3 | When the time came for the machine which had been keeping her husband alive to be turned off , my friend faced the reality of his condition and let him go . |
| 4 | When the time came for the women to take their seats in the coach , Silas , Lucy and Jean stood to wave farewell . |
| 5 | After a brief warm-up , participants dispersed to try out the various sports , and then the time came for the games , which involved the competitors in ( among other things ) rushing to get balls round traffic cones , and into baskets . |
| 6 | And when the time came for the A 's big bats to show their muscle , they froze like rabbits in the spotlight of Orel Hershiser 's fastball . |
| 7 | Reading the Bible was a fascinating experience but prayer was hard , and churchgoing and worship were also something to be lived through until the time came for the sermon , which I relished . |
| 8 | When the time came for the children to go home , Rabscuttle went too . |
| 9 | The time came for the Blackshirts to leave the cafe . |
| 10 | But then the time came for the friendship to end . |
| 11 | When the time came for the statement , Dr Clark could be seen on the Opposition front bench , clutching a sheaf of notes . |
| 12 | When the time came for the cake to be cut , Breeze handed the knife to Susan — but her wrists were not strong enough to saw through the solid mass . |
| 13 | When the time came for the baby 's baptism , Elizabeth still had not recovered her former vivacity . |
| 14 | And I find that my father , who was old too , at the time substituted for the father and I have an excellent relationship with my son ! |
| 15 | Has not the time come for the Government to commit themselves unequivocally to legislate in the next Parliament so that those who wish to shop on Sunday and exercise their free choice to do so are enabled to do so by total deregulation of the law ? |
| 16 | At the time appointed for the auction the poor and the thrifty were left to man the ramparts ; everyone else crowded into the hall of the Residency which was considered to be the most suitable place for the proceedings . |
| 17 | Forms of proxy must reach the Company 's Share Registrars , or the registered office of the Company , not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting . |
| 18 | If there is no quorum present within half an hour of the time appointed for the meeting , it must be adjourned for not more than twenty-one days ( r 6.91(3) ) to such a time and place as the chairman thinks fit ( r 6.91(2) ) . |
| 19 | If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting , the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such time and place as the Directors may determine . |
| 20 | If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting , the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such time and place as the Directors may determine . |
| 21 | Instruments appointing proxies must be lodged with the company 's registrars not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the meeting . |
| 22 | A Guardian stalwart made a telling observation about him : ‘ While Ian Wolldridge might spend hours searching for the good line , Hugh will spend the time searching for the truth ’ — and suddenly I saw McIlvanney almost as if he were a bare-knuckle fighter in one of his brother 's novels . |
| 23 | ‘ While Ian Wooldridge might spend hours searching for a good line , McIlvanney will spend the time searching for the truth ’ |
| 24 | The time taken for a component to pass through the column is called its elution time . |
| 25 | Whereas the time taken for a computer working randomly but with the constraint of cumulative selection to perform the same task is of the same order as humans ordinarily can understand , between 11 seconds and the time it takes to have lunch . |
| 26 | By time-stamping a call-slip on its submission , and by recording on its second copy the time of its arrival , accompanied by the relevant book , in the Reading Room , it was possible to determine the time taken for a reader 's request to be satisfied . |
| 27 | The report added that almost half of the total number of people infected with the AIDS virus were also suffering from tuberculosis and that the time taken for an HIV carrier to develop AIDS appeared to be " dramatically " shorter among people also infected with tuberculosis . |
| 28 | Experience has shown that the 1110st suitable basis for comparison in this detection scheme is the current rise time ( the time taken for the current to rise from the lower to the upper limit of the chopping excursion ) , because this time is relatively immune to the influence of motional voltage , as illustrated by the Example at the end of this Section . |
| 29 | The operating speed of the teletype is limited by the time taken for the system to settle to within the required accuracy at each letter position . |
| 30 | The alternative infra-red system uses a beam which is emitted from the camcorder and reflected back off the subject , the time taken for the reflection to return being measured and converted to a distance setting . |