Example sentences of "[be] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 2 | The research team , based at the Bristol Oncology Centre , hopes the method will eventually become an accepted screening method as it can be used time after time without any risk to the patient 's health . |
| 3 | I do not yet have the exact date but I expect it will be some time during March or April — more likely April . |
| 4 | Early in October , with the exact date of the premiere not vet set , but intended to be some time between 25 November and 10 December , John wrote again to Hanns : ‘ Million sorries for not writing sooner , but I was waiting for ( a ) Thursday , the official scrutinization of my ballet to see if it definitely would go on , and ( b ) Friday , the first night of Miss Howes 's show . |
| 5 | If they were uninhabited , they would be settled of course , but it would be some time before the Kha-Khan 's tenth was repaid . |
| 6 | It will be some time before that 's clear at all . |
| 7 | Usually a certain amount of trade credit will be given so that payment will be some time after delivery of goods or services . |
| 8 | Mr Grimstone stressed that the perks would only be available to those who registered their interest in advance , with the cut-off date likely to be some time in mid-November . |
| 9 | This is likely to be some time in October . |
| 10 | However , in a game which is notoriously tardy at accepting scientific method and new technology , the widespread application of findings by the Alsager team could be some time in coming . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't look so wistful — there will be another time for Bamburgh , ’ he said quietly , and she wondered why he was talking as if they had a future together . |
| 13 | This has still been an experience erm there might be another time in the future . |
| 14 | With regard to proposal ( b ) , there would be adequate time for discussing details during the year leading up to April 1993 . |
| 15 | The trip will undoubtedly be a learning experience for both Love and the players , and there wo n't be much time for acclimatisation as the Scots , who arrive at their base in Cape Town tomorrow will play the first of their eight matches on Tuesday . |
| 16 | The more rapid the fall in base level the greater will be the migration of the shoreline , as there will be less time for marine erosion to act and push the shoreline back towards the land during the fall . |
| 17 | Yeah , yeah and then they 'll be able to stay Joseph and Charlotte will be full time in January they 're allowed to , I think what it is , is , they 're allowed to start when they 're small part time but they 're not allowed to go full time until the term they 're gon na be five in and you see Charlotte will be five in March and because I think that comes before the Easter of the Bank Holiday , erm she 'll be able to start January full time , where you 're supposed to , you know , three years they 'll all be |
| 18 | Whether there will be enough time at the Maastricht summit to discuss those matters as well remains to be seen . |
| 19 | In such a universe , in which the expansion was accelerated by a cosmological constant rather than slowed down by the gravitational attraction of matter , there would be enough time for light to travel from one region to another in the early universe . |
| 20 | Course manager Ian Duff has put the starting time back from 2.30pm in the hope of boosting the attendance and he pointed out : ‘ With the televised football not starting until after 7.00pm there should be enough time for people to leave their offices , go racing and come home to watch the soccer . ’ |
| 21 | The head of the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , Helmut Ricke , urged the government and opposition to strike a deal in crucial talks next week on the privatisation of the state-owned concern , Reuter reports from Bonn : the talks between the government and the Social Democratic opposition are due to resume May 14 : politicians on both sides of the debate , which resumed last month , agree a decision must be reached before the Bundestag 's summer recess on July 3 or there wo n't be enough time in the legislative calendar to pass the bill before next year 's parliamentary elections ; TeleKom finance director Joachim Kroeske complained to the Wall Street Jorunal that ‘ We have an organisation more like a bureaucracy than a real company — we have civil servants with lifetime employment , high pensions and salaries that correspond to the length of service and how many children they have . ’ |
| 22 | The gun was a genuine late-Victorian revolver ( another anachronism in a film so full of them that its period could be any time between 1700 and 1900 ) . |
| 23 | If disinfection is carried out using a disinfectant there must be sufficient time for the chemical to take effect , namely the contact time , plus a small safety margin after which surfaces must be dried . |
| 24 | About 15 years ago , three months was considered to be sufficient time for a sales director with two years ' service to convince his company of his competence . |