Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 The extra ten minutes had probably only been the time it had taken them to find him .
2 Their first years together were a time of grinding poverty .
3 ‘ He 's not a bad man , ’ the girl said , and there was a slight tremble in her voice ; she knew that things had gone wrong for her father , and that there would soon be a time of parting .
4 A general problem with the candidates discussed above is the time course of their action .
5 Tonight was the time .
6 As Henry watched her retreating buttocks , grinding out yet another dismissal , he tried to remember if there had ever been a time , years ago , when he had desired her .
7 If there had ever been a time when it had been a whim and not an obligation , that time was gone now ; the thing was there waiting for him , blocking his path , and there was no way round it to his manhood .
8 Regardless of what the manufacturers of integrated software may tell us it can still be a time consuming process to off-load the document from the wordprocessor and pull in the data base and its files to look up a simple telephone number .
9 But however bad a year it has been , Christmas should always be a time of hope and happiness .
10 Retirement is a time of great change and should also be a time for development .
11 It will also be a time of rejoicing and feasting in the Messianic banquet ( Matt.
12 Though adolescence is generally a time of intense sociability. it can also often be a time of intense loneliness .
13 ‘ Deo , Caroline … forgive me , cara , but now is no time to ask me to stop … ’
14 Now is a time to focus on priorities and to strip away anything in your life that is superfluous .
15 Despite these real successes , however , my sense is that now is a time to take stock and to reflect on the theoretical , pedagogic and political foundations of multiculturalism and antiracism .
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17 Now is the time to start taking cuttings of miniature roses .
18 Now is the time to have a really good clear up in the greenhouse .
19 If a different base colour is required , now is the time to apply a wood dye
20 Now is the time to consolidate your gains by asking for more walks and extra perks , as your sensible attitude will enhance your standing during this fruitful period .
21 Now is the time for vice-chancellors to go in hard and exact promises of increased funding .
22 Then now is the time to invest in a Triumph Stag — but keep it to yourself .
23 Now is the time to plant chrysanthemums .
24 The Cassons ' current advertising costs are high , so maybe now is the time to concentrate on direct selling .
25 NOW is the time of year when tour operators ' thoughts turn to tempting the over-60s — and increasingly the over 55s — to spend their winters in the sun .
26 Now is the time for someone to make a movie and show how music and the summer of love has affected everything .
27 However , now is the time to face it because you are about to change , to actually help yourself to a better figure .
28 In addition to all this , now is the time to buy your new weighing scales .
29 Junior accountants at Price Waterhouse , one of the big six firms , have been told that now is the time to take their once-in-a-lifetime world tour or perhaps a summer stint as a yacht deckhand and that applications for extended unpaid leave ‘ will be looked on favourably ’ .
30 Now is the time .
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