Example sentences of "[verb] that the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , two facts suggest that the time and priority which teams gave to supporting and promoting parents ' groups was highly influential . |
| 2 | Haviland and Clark found that the time taken to understand the target sentence was significantly greater in the indirect antecedent condition ( 1016 milliseconds ) than in the direct antecedent condition ( 835 milliseconds ) . |
| 3 | This works fairly well , but many people will consider that the time has come to consider a more rigid mounting . |
| 4 | I hope that the Ministers will seriously consider that the time has come to tidy up that particular aspect of health and safety . |
| 5 | He had smelt burning and realized that the time pencil in one of their bombs had activated . |
| 6 | Pigeons clock-shifted 6 hours forward should behave as if they had been taken west : a pigeon , for example , clock-shifted 6 hours in a loft at Rome and then released at midday would think that the time at home was 6.00 p.m. , deduce that it had been moved to New York , and therefore home by flying east ( if we ignore the fact that it would recognize local landmarks ) . |
| 7 | It also agreed that the time was ripe for a declaration of national policy . |
| 8 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 9 | Under pressure from Russian nationalists , however , Yeltsin had made increasingly overt statements in the weeks preceding his visit suggesting that the time was not right for any major alteration in the status of the disputed territory , and calling for greater Japanese flexibility on the issue of the sovereignty of the islands . |
| 10 | On April 13 the then Oil Minister , Rashid al Amiri , announced that the time needed to extinguish oil fires started by Iraq had recently been estimated to be seven months rather than 24 months [ see also p. 38119 ] . |
| 11 | He argued that the time was now ripe for the application of the positivist method to social phenomena and for the establishment of sociology , a term he seems to have invented . |
| 12 | As with the guided tours current staffing levels mean that the time spent on preparation etc. further adds to the strain on the system . |
| 13 | The substantial minority at The Hague who opposed the plan to send envoys believed that the time was not yet ripe for direct public agitation to stop the war . |
| 14 | Moreover , the President believed that the time had come to use the great power of the USA not only to end the war but to ensure , through a place at the Peace Conference , that he could bring about a " just peace " . |
| 15 | Where an overlap of shifts exists , the nurse in charge should ensure that the time available is used to good effect . |
| 16 | A Muslim foundation that offered more than $3 million for Mr Rushdie 's head added that the time was ripe for the death sentence to be carried out . |
| 17 | Mr Levin says that the Time Warner-US West deal needs only to win ‘ some fairly minor approvals ’ from regulators . |
| 18 | He appealed to Miloš to join him , but Miloš judged that the time was inopportune and promptly told the Turkish governor in Belgrade of the plot . |
| 19 | However it was soon decided that the time was not right to consider this as well . |
| 20 | Even before the blazer , I had very reluctantly decided that the time had come to visit my doctor . |
| 21 | That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ . |
| 22 | Its San Jose , California-based developer , Software Systems Inc , has now decided that the time is right to provide a lower cost version , which runs on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations . |
| 23 | Although Liz Cole-Hamilton , 41 , has worked throughout her marriage , she has now decided that the time has come to take on a new challenge . |
| 24 | Whilst it is accepted that the department has done exceptionally well in getting every member of the school who does Art to provide themselves with pencils , rubbers and sketch pads , it is felt that the time is now right for the department to expand this and push for pupils to provide paints for themselves . |
| 25 | He may also have felt that the time was not ripe for any definitive initiative . |
| 26 | The major difference between these two forms is that CPM assumes that the time required to complete an activity can be predicted fairly accurately , and thus the costs involved can be quantified once the critical path has been identified , whereas PERT assumes that time has to be estimated in drawing up the critical path . |
| 27 | If it is true that the Japanese have pardoned the politicians implicated in the Recruit affair , Mr Takeshita may indeed feel that the time is ripe for his return . |
| 28 | As there has recently been a revision of codes , I am bound to say that my right hon. Friend may feel that the time is not right for a review . |
| 29 | As seen above , the accession of George I provoked widespread unrest throughout much of England and Wales , and given the extensive discontent in Scotland , it seemed that the time might be ripe for a Jacobite rebellion . |
| 30 | It may be that by the end of the century , when we are carrying all before us , some fair-minded matron will survey her predominantly female team and announce that the time has come for a Ministry for Men . |