Example sentences of "it is [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need periodically to consider whether existing methods are the best that can be devised for dealing with crime in the context of society as it is at a given time . |
| 2 | It was then widely believed that the universe was static , yet if space , and particularly time , were curved back on themselves , how could the universe continue forever in more or less the same state as it is at the present time ? |
| 3 | It is , it is , yes , is it , it is at the present time , but it is it is growing . |
| 4 | It might make sense to the financial director faced with a demand which far outweighs supply ; after all , this recycling of other houses ' wines is perfectly legal , but it is at the same time deliberately hoodwinking the public . |
| 5 | As the disturbance goes more deeply into the organism from the physical to the emotional plane , from the emotional to the mental and finally to the spiritual , it is at the same time becoming higher up in the organism as it is pictured diagrammatically in Figure 3 . |
| 6 | It is at the same time hovering between styles . |
| 7 | That she is so is essentially an untruth , but it is at the same time a socially undeniable fact , even today , although it was probably a more widespread one 20 odd years ago . |
| 8 | It is an irony that as the government makes great claims about its job creation record for West Belfast it is at the same time in the process of running down some major sources of employment in the area , most notably the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
| 9 | It is at the same time stressed , however , that it is not the " true function of literature " to engage with the contemporary " social problem " . |
| 10 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ I find it quite incredible that on the day this bungling Government is desperately trying to scramble out of a hole on pit closures , it is at the same time drilling itself into a well on oil jobs . |
| 11 | We both agree that he should be able to offer favourable terms for the hire of the slope for the proposed event , provided it is at an off-peak time . |
| 12 | The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time , |
| 13 | In his opening speech , Ralph Ellis thanked all those who had contributed to the success of the company , emphasising ‘ that it is during the tough times when such experience counts . ’ |
| 14 | I ask a simple question to which I know that there is a simple answer , but I still think that it is worth a little time to discover it : why are the Government in such a desperate hurry to get the Bill back to the House on 26 February ? |