Example sentences of "[verb] the time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain I do n't think the time is right for it . |
| 2 | They say the time is right , while they 're beating the Americans at their own game . |
| 3 | Never has the time been more opportune to revive the worship of the Great Earth Goddess and her consorts ( History of the World NI 196 ) . |
| 4 | Seldom has the time been more appropriate or the need more urgent for a Bill of this kind . |
| 5 | ’ For the Hebrew , to know the time was not a matter of knowing the date , it was a matter of knowing what kind of time it might be . |
| 6 | They used to pass the time being cruel to the poor , gambling , whoring and indulging in most other perversions you could care to name . ’ |
| 7 | Please , please , please , I say to myself , let the time be slow , do n't let it go too quickly . |
| 8 | As expected , Tadpole Technology plc , the UK company that took itself off to Austin , Texas , and came up with the first notebook computer based on Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip and Unix , has decided the time is right to bring its Sparcbook 1 back to Europe ( UX No 371 ) . |
| 9 | True , it is a risk — many a spring in Britain has thrown a frost at us in April , even May is not unknown — but you are not going to be so daft as to muffle up and go out to do the pruning just because the date or some idiot article says the time is right . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't have thought The Times was Clasper 's favourite paper , exactly , ’ he muttered to his mate . |
| 11 | Let's see the time is one twenty three I 'll be back by one thirty . |
| 12 | That I 've got the time is a bloody disaster . |
| 13 | With more than 30 different sightings of mink in a recent five hour match at Kidsgrove and Scholar Green , anglers have agreed the time is right to remove the killers |
| 14 | I know the time is slipping and I hope to get it done in the next two weeks . |
| 15 | ‘ Finally , when Chapman decided the time was opportune for talking business , they readily agreed to letting him sign Jack — and for £10,890 , which we considered a bargain . |
| 16 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |
| 17 | Son Stephen , aged 18 , had driven since he was a junior but decided the time was right to take a back seat to pursue a career . |
| 18 | In common with other taxpayers , and in the best interests of all parties , I believe the time is long overdue for impartiality to be compelled upon this publicly funded corporation . |
| 19 | ‘ I believe the time is now fast coming for a fresh look at the way we grant planning applications , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The new party will emerge out of the Solidarity chrysalis when Mr Walesa judges the time is right to give the venture his full blessing . |
| 21 | Right over , over a lifetime okay if we could sum this , it seems the time is continuous with the integrate , right , over time , we 'll just get the area of that and that curve . |
| 22 | Reid said : ‘ As far as I am concerned it is no big deal that I am coming back — I simply feel the time is right for me . |
| 23 | Souness said : ‘ Bruce will play because I feel the time is right . |
| 24 | When she feels the time is right , and I feel the time is right , then I 'll stop . |
| 25 | I feel the time is now right to respond to local bargaining initiatives , C C T and L M S , with a review of how the research department could best provide their services to the people at the sharp end . |
| 26 | Having hinted at its defects on several occasions , I feel the time is now right for a more detailed examination of the various editorial ‘ improvements ’ . |
| 27 | I suppose the time 's too tight , but if it 's possible , get Bill to address the envelope to the Conductor of the train , George Burley . |
| 28 | Still I suppose the time 's it 's the actual the calendar 's starting to tick for having this is n't it now . |
| 29 | ‘ What do you reckon the time is ? ’ he said . |
| 30 | But I now felt the time was coming to move on to another department . |