Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reply of Jesus makes it clear that the time for fasting had not yet arrived . |
| 2 | Bickersteth was at pains to make clear that the time had come to discount " scientific " discourses as offering an appropriate professional identity for English studies : |
| 3 | A good system for storing electricity will not become possible before 1995 , Meanwhile , the date for artificial intelligence is shunted back 20 years to 2020 and the time for weather control is 2030 instead of 2015 , All kinds of obstacles , not so much technological as human and economic , have interfered with the 1962 predictions , as with many others that people have made with seemingly unimpeachable authority over the past 50 years . |
| 4 | The measurements made on GR effects observed within the solar system are described first : the excess advance of the perihelion of Mercury is described in Section 8.1 , the deflection of radiation by the Sun in Section 8.2 and the time delay of radar signals passing by the Sun in Section 8.3 . |
| 5 | The organizations faced uncertainty and it was not clear whether the time when they might need to reduce their labour force would coincide with the date of expiry of a fixed-term contract . |
| 6 | The order must make clear whether the time runs from the date of the order or from service thereof Van Houten v Foodsafe ( 1980 ) 12 SJ 277 . |
| 7 | ‘ Rule I : Where there is an unconditional contract for the sale of specific goods , in a deliverable state , the property in the goods passes to the buyer when the contract is made , and it is immaterial whether the time of payment or the time of delivery or both be postponed . ’ |
| 8 | We now come to the closing words of Rule 1 , ‘ it is immaterial whether the time of payment or the time of delivery , or both , be postponed . ’ |
| 9 | THE voters of Langbaurgh are likely to be campaign-weary when the time comes to place their cross . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never been more depressed than the time I was sent off against Hibs . |
| 11 | It was fortunate that the time of the surge did not coincide perfectly with the high tide , otherwise damage might have been worse . |
| 12 | At the Women for Socialism conference , for which I was one of the organisers , councillor , Martha Osamor , argued very much that the time for getting into groups and discussing the whys and where fors of the theory , had passed . |
| 13 | Heat diffuses into the meat from the outside and the time , t , taken for the centre to reach a particular temperature depends on the smallest dimension , d , of the piece of meat ( in fact t d² ) . |
| 14 | ‘ When it 's dark and the time is right . |
| 15 | If you 've told him as much as the time , you 're out ! ’ |
| 16 | It seemed so quick and easy when the time came that she wondered why she had waited so long . |
| 17 | The only movement from the reader was the lifting of the hand every now and then to turn over a page , and Mrs Phelps always felt sad when the time came for her to cross the floor and say , ‘ It 's ten to five , Matilda . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ This killing is totally unnecessary and unacceptably cruel and the time has come to end the killing . ’ |
| 19 | In the twentieth century er the president who did most to , to develop the office further was , was Franklin Roosevelt , Theodore 's cousin er and Franklin Roosevelt , who became president in , in the nineteen thirties and the time of the great depression , and remained president for , till nineteen forty five so He was president for thirteen years er and his political opponents were so upset by this that they actually amended the constitution afterwards to prevent any future president from serving more than two terms of as president , so eight years is the maximum that anyone can serve as president . |
| 20 | Thanks to an over rate of 11.2 and the time lost to the weather being made up at the end , that fourth day became the longest in Test history , not finishing until 7.40 . |
| 21 | Her Cloaths are fewer than the Time before . |
| 22 | In addition the pulsar velocity v is so large that the time dilation of SR must be taken into account . |
| 23 | It seems obvious that the time is now ripe for a completely new approach to our commercial position in the present and future world , by using our new natural resources , creating new jobs and new industries , and utilising our known talents , facilities and advantages to the best possible effect . |
| 24 | In time of special and genuine difficulty the Council will of course be prepared to extend the period for submitting applications but bodies must seek approval for a late application no later than the time when the application normally would be due . |
| 25 | Ruth could feel the tightening of her heart as Fernando gathered her into his arms , his kisses more urgent as the time slipped perilously away . |
| 26 | But the bearish view was not universally held and Nicholas Knight , the UK equities strategist at Nomura , said : ‘ The market may go lower but the time to buy is now . |
| 27 | The last words of his opening contribution say : I feel sure that the time will come when people will ask why we did n't do more in this day and age to preserve those wise traditions that form mankind 's lifeline with the profoundly mysterious laws of the universe . |
| 28 | Firstly , the size of capacitor is dictated by the phase current and the time for which " voltage-boosting " is needed ; large phase currents and long boost times lead to large capacitor values . |
| 29 | I 'm sure when the time comes … |
| 30 | This comes in useful when the time comes to mark the position of the mortises . |