Example sentences of "[adv] [art] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , there is rarely the time to provide adequate explanations as to why a particular step is carried out . |
| 2 | Eventually the time came for Battuta 's own audience with the Sultan . |
| 3 | Eventually the time came when she could n't delay going downstairs any longer , and when she reached the kitchen she discovered that the visitor had left , and that Silas was examining the contents of the fridge . |
| 4 | Eventually the time had to be decided by the stopwatch of an arena judge . |
| 5 | And sure enough the time came for his release … the pen was opened and he was free to go , after an uncertain start Freddy the Fox took his first step in the world as a wild Fox . |
| 6 | Perhaps the time had now come to change the emphasis to more efficient production . |
| 7 | And so perhaps the time had come just to sit down somewhere on the ground and wait . |
| 8 | But second , enough of an overwhelming victory for the incumbent leader to rule out what has always been the more credible avenue through which change might occur : her own apprehension , reaching her by whatever means , that perhaps the time has come to quit — before the election rather than after it . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps the time has come for someone else to take on the burden . |
| 10 | Perhaps the time has come when we should humbly admit our limitations and seek solutions in co-operation with the Master Plan . |
| 11 | Perhaps the time has now come for specialist monographs . |
| 12 | Perhaps the time has come for another name to be engraved on the trophies . |
| 13 | Perhaps the time has come to test it . |
| 14 | Let me suggest to my hon. and learned Friend the Minister that perhaps the time has come to stop acting as an honest broker between victim and aggressor . |
| 15 | Anywhere outside a Communist state — and perhaps the time looks like coming when even that qualification will be superfluous — this is done by seeking to secure the largest possible return on capital . |
| 16 | Perhaps the time spent away from him would help her regain some control over the wild emotions roiling inside her . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , advance he did , and so the time came for his Bar Mitzvah , at 13 years of age , by which every Jewish boy technically becomes adult ( i.e. morally responsible for his actions ) , a ‘ son of the law ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Many nurses may find the task of entering the script onto the GP 's computer is delegated to them so the time saved from being able to prescribe starts to disappear . ’ |
| 19 | Paul would stop her now and again , alter a line , then demand that she go on reading ; and so the time passed until supper and bed , when he would cure his headaches in the customary way . |
| 20 | So the time to buy the place could be now . |
| 21 | The time spent travelling from residence to new work location less The time spent travelling from residence to old work location . |
| 22 | There is literally no time to waste . |
| 23 | What took place towards the very end of March should have made you realise that this is very much a time to hold you fire when dealing with important professional issues . |
| 24 | In any event , this is very much a time to gain new qualifications and add to you overall knowledge . |
| 25 | Every time we made love I was convinced it was the last time , so every time had to be wonderful . |
| 26 | The new Act abolished the old method of arranging with creditors by a deed of composition , assignment or otherwise ‘ which has for so long a time disgraced our law ’ . |
| 27 | But all the while he was learning and soon the time had come when he was no longer satisfied to design for others . |
| 28 | Thus the time passes until three , when I go … to a Dutch officer to give him a lesson in galanterie and thoroughbass , for which I receive … four ducats for twelve lessons . |
| 29 | Thus the time spent on the physical abuse referrals varied from 30 minutes to 20 hours . |
| 30 | Thus the time spent on the settling-down and clearing-up stages varied from 7 to 45 per cent of the total session , and the introductory stage varied similarly , largely because some teachers treated it as a purely administrative matter to be dealt with as succinctly as possible , while others incorporated it into the session as the whole-class teaching in an arrangement otherwise dominated by group work . |