Example sentences of "[noun] [be] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These quiet hours are a time of peace , where every long soft minute is a luxury . |
| 2 | He was bearing the cold and damp better than he had in the previous year , but these winter months were a time when proper life had to give way to the struggle merely to exist . |
| 3 | ‘ Midlife is a time when suppressed emotions tend to come to the surface . |
| 4 | Easter in the United States is a time for dressing up ; Easter bonnets and egg hunts are surprisingly popular . |
| 5 | Being at college is a time of great activity for you — intellectual development , physical growth , psychological insight — so it 's also a time when you may well experience particularly vivid dreams . |
| 6 | Midlife is a time when the results of bad posture can cause trouble . |
| 7 | Midlife is a time to come to terms with the past so that the future can be faced with no unfinished business to block the way ahead . |
| 8 | The continuing use after that time of recognition is a time of testing whether control is possible or whether it has indeed been lost . |
| 9 | The first eighteen months was a time of frustration . |
| 10 | As a time of transition from autarchy and isolation to developmentalist capitalism and international rapprochement , the 1950s in Spain were a time of ambiguity and uncertainty , in which the first signs of a limited degree of liberalism became visible at the same time as the use of the customary repression made it clear that nothing fundamental had changed . |
| 11 | If you 're like me , winter is a time of withdrawal symptoms and dreaming of clear blue skies . |
| 12 | Put more politely , December is a time when you must become bigger than situations in order to transcend them . |
| 13 | Family suffering is a time of reckoning , when the genuineness of goodness and character , faith and hope , love and forbearance with one another are most severely tested . |
| 14 | If we are in a happy partnership , whether married or living in a close relationship with a man or woman , retirement years are a time to look forward to and for doing things together . |
| 15 | The middle years are a time when physical and mental health may decline . |
| 16 | It can not be entirely coincidental that these years were a time of important new developments in both the Church and the Mercian kingdom . |
| 17 | Retirement is a time of great change and should also be a time for development . |
| 18 | Constructing terminal tackle of this nature is a time consuming occupation although there are a few that try to cut corners to maximise profits . |
| 19 | The end of the flood is a time of new beginnings . |
| 20 | This evening is a time for partying and meeting new people away from your home base . |
| 21 | This evening is a time for partying and meeting new people away from your home base . |
| 22 | Evening is a time for partying and meeting new people away from your home base . |
| 23 | For some the Second World War was a time of extensive travel with tours of duty in , for example , North America or India presenting novel opportunities and providing the determination and individual confidence to repeat the experience in peace-time . |
| 24 | Although the early modern period was a time of profound religious and cultural upheaval in England , certain important features of popular belief and religious practice remained largely unchanged throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . |
| 25 | Despite continuing dependence on the agricultural economy , the Tokugawa period was a time of rapid urbanization . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that the background to The People article was a time of great crisis for this country . |
| 27 | Added to these was another important element , for the period of the festival was a time of licence : this was a necessary outlet in the community for the tensions repressed after the long period of hard physical toil . |
| 28 | The Victorian era was a time of zoological awakening , unquestionably dominated by Charles Darwin . |
| 29 | A euro-currency is a time deposit held in a bank located outside the country ( or central bank 's jurisdiction ) responsible for the currency in which the deposit is denominated , e.g. a dollar time deposit held in any bank 's branch in London or a DM time deposit held in any bank 's branch in Luxembourg ( both financial centres are outside the USA and West Germany respectively ) . |
| 30 | Sensitive Sunday 's a time when you must tune into the needs and longings of loved ones . |