Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such connections are occasionally recognised in orthodox medicine where there is not a long time delay between one complaint developing and the next , though the significance of the link between diseases is frequently missed . |
| 2 | Two weeks is not a long time especially as social workers have many competing claims on their time . |
| 3 | Three weeks is not a long time to debate a Bill , but the number of hours that we can devote to the Bill during that period will be perfectly adequate . |
| 4 | Is this not a strange time to close offices which provide assistance for so many unemployed people ? |
| 5 | It was not a nice time . |
| 6 | Today , though , was not a suitable time to raise the subject of it all coming to an end . |
| 7 | It was , indeed , ‘ not a simple time ’ . |
| 8 | The results of these Monday afternoon treks ( is at Nursery and I am not at work only Monday and Friday afternoon and Friday afternoon is not a good time to go bothering people ! ) were now covering rather more than a double page and indeed was too much for a single newsletter article . |
| 9 | And even if the political tangle in South Africa is unravelled quickly there are many leading rugby people in New Zealand , including the new All Black coach , Laurie Mains , who suggest that now is not a good time for the resumption of New Zealand-South African contests — New Zealand have to recover a lot of the ground lost at the World Cup before they would feel comfortable of having a winning chance against South Africa . |
| 10 | If Sunday at 7.45 is not a good time for you , when would you prefer it to be on ? |
| 11 | The BMC 's current view is a wanly pragmatic notion that this is not a good time to raise the issue . |
| 12 | Similarly , the Christmas period is usually not a good time to start with a puppy because your home is likely to be in turmoil , and you may have visitors . |
| 13 | It may be a romantic notion — a glossy new hatchback parked outside on Christmas morning , but in financial terms , December is not a good time to buy . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , this is not a good time for me to talk . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not a good time , Mrs Sutherland . ’ |
| 16 | As you know , it 's not a good time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've found that morning is not a good time for conversation , ’ she murmured . |
| 18 | ‘ No , it is not a good time to be opening a hotel of this calibre , ’ Wolfgang Nitschke agrees . |
| 19 | This is not a good time for getting involved in strenuous activity . |
| 20 | He told me that this was not a good time of the year to see Riga . |
| 21 | It was not a good time for him in many ways . |
| 22 | This is not a good time to rush forward and seize what looks like a golden opportunity . |
| 23 | Well it 's not a good time to enter the market now . |
| 24 | Not a single time since they came here . |
| 25 | It is now the moose-hunting season — not a safe time to be creeping through the woods on a wild wolf chase , and so unless someone shoots her , Ylva has a few weeks grace . |
| 26 | Fat bald man asks if it is not a bracing time of year . |
| 27 | So er , it 's quite different ai n't it still it 's not a bad time to come out |
| 28 | Well he 's , he 's no , he ge that 's not a full time job like , but I mean , it used to be one , but |
| 29 | It 's not an easy time to develop any project . |
| 30 | Agreed that in the proceedings on the Criminal Justice Bill the Government should advise Parliament that the present was not an opportune time for abolishing capital punishment ; and took note that the Home Secretary would define the Government 's attitude towards this question when moving the Second Reading of the Bill in the House of Commons ; |