Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
| 2 | However it was soon decided that the time was not right to consider this as well . |
| 3 | In view of all this , he might finally decide that the time had come to give up further arguing and accept what each of us has told him . |
| 4 | As for myself , I can not pretend that the time since we last corresponded has been equally fruitful or pleasant . |
| 5 | Next there is a group of colleagues whom I shall describe as the ‘ patriots ’ , who through love of country and a proper belief in its democratic institutions do not accept that the time has come to deny our nationality . |
| 6 | Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ? |
| 7 | It also agreed that the time was ripe for a declaration of national policy . |
| 8 | We also know that the time scale of development in our business is longer than in many other areas because , after all , in the chemical business we are , so to speak , molecular engineers : our skills consist of rearranging the chemistry of the world which has been created so that we can produce the new products . |
| 9 | These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building . |
| 10 | Forster and Olbrei found that there was a significant correlation ( .65 ) between the time taken to respond to a plausible sentence and its implausible equivalent , and hence concluded that the time taken to analyse a syntactic structure was approximately constant , and independent of semantic constraints . |
| 11 | It would also seem that the time before adoption for such children is quite long , that some for whom adoption was the plan will not be adopted even though they will stay with their new families , and that long-term support by specialist workers will be necessary for many of these children . |
| 12 | Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day . |
| 13 | Its San Jose , California-based developer , Software Systems Inc , has now decided that the time is right to provide a lower cost version , which runs on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations . |
| 14 | Although Liz Cole-Hamilton , 41 , has worked throughout her marriage , she has now decided that the time has come to take on a new challenge . |
| 15 | It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin . |
| 16 | True to his maxim that ‘ Liberty crowns the edifice ’ , Napoleon III now felt that the time was opportune and , as a first step , had granted virtually total freedom of the press and the tight of public meetings . |
| 17 | Please note that the time printed on your tickets is given in the 24-hour clock system — for example 7.30 pm = 1930 hrs . |
| 18 | If it is true that the Japanese have pardoned the politicians implicated in the Recruit affair , Mr Takeshita may indeed feel that the time is ripe for his return . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal unanimously held that the time of delivery was of the essence of this contract , but that this stipulation was waived by the defendant 's requests for delivery after the due date which would have estopped him had there been delivery within the extended time . |
| 20 | Jesus goes on to say that the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away . |
| 21 | Holding another general election might entail a general breakdown : Nkrumah again urged that the time was ripe for independence now . |
| 22 | The Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , who had previously held that the time was not yet ripe for ERM entry , said at a press conference later on Oct. 5 that it was now possible because of " incontestable signs that the economy is working in the way we intended it to " . |
| 23 | I hope that the Ministers will seriously consider that the time has come to tidy up that particular aspect of health and safety . |
| 24 | Even before the blazer , I had very reluctantly decided that the time had come to visit my doctor . |
| 25 | Than Tun wound up ; ‘ He solemnly stated that the time for parting of the ways had verily come . ’ |
| 26 | Bede too believed that the time of Doomsday is concealed from mankind . |
| 27 | However , Furness and District reluctantly concluded that the time had come for the introduction of an annual limit ; whilst Cardiff and District suggested that the question of re-insuring the compensation fund liability be reconsidered . |