Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to dried beans and pulse vegetables , I stock several varieties of canned beans which are always very popular for salads and quick meals , where there is no time ( or the customer forgot ! ) to soak dried pulses . |
| 2 | Library managements might plead that there is no time for a highly staff-intensive activity such as stock revision , but the low priority given to an activity of such fundamental importance is disconcerting . |
| 3 | This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness . |
| 4 | ‘ In the towns now they are so busy or so tired , poor souls , or so wretched and idle that there is no time for that calm contemplation of one 's existence which is the best part of our lives and which continues at all levels in a place such as this , among the peasantry as much as among those they call the Statesmen . |
| 5 | The general view amongst campaigners is that there is no time to waste in organising to defeat the White Paper . |
| 6 | Most Christians believe that there is a time in the future when Jesus will return . |
| 7 | You must also know that there is a time limit and that it is nearly up . |
| 8 | A curt letter of dismissal greeted Stevens next day , reminding him that there is a time and place to speak your mind . |
| 9 | We did , at the time , when the expenses were incurred , we gave it , that we were opposed to all the increases that were being made , we still maintain that policy , and I believe that there is a time when we should be be in approval , that we in fact , expending money on new active members is wrong , when in fact , have the cut backs , because at the end of the day , people of Lincolnshire have to pay for these additional expenses incurred to elected members . |
| 10 | To say that the UK economy is at a crossroads suggests that it is a time for important decisions to be taken leading to a change in direction . |
| 11 | People must be made aware that there is a national book sale on at the moment ; that it is the highlight of the bookselling year ; that it is a time when bargains can be had ; and that most of the titles return to full price in February . |
| 12 | Flying time is three and a half hours and there is no time change . |
| 13 | Transfer of micro-organisms from a surface at this stage is unlikely to be harmful as the numbers involved are too low to cause immediate infection and there is no time for multiplication on food . |
| 14 | Advance bookings are not necessary and there is no time limit on your stay . |
| 15 | There is a time for ambiguity and there is a time for action . |
| 16 | If there is a time to sew and a time to reap , the latter has not yet arrived . |
| 17 | If there is no time to relish and enjoy the uncluttered hour , are you perhaps too busy ? |
| 18 | If you find yourself changing your mind in the course of an answer , either cross out what you have written and start afresh , or , if there is no time for that , say frankly that you have changed your mind . |
| 19 | What plans does my right hon. and learned Friend have to implement the report , and what is the time scale likely to be ? |
| 20 | If you only discover the negligence years later , you can still claim , but there is a time limit . |
| 21 | I need more delicate movements , but there is no time for delicacy . |
| 22 | ‘ But there is no time . ’ |
| 23 | Tariq Ali contributes a feature to the paper , in which he asks ‘ could it happen here ? ’ and concludes ‘ the situation is not the same … but it is no time for complacency in Britain . ’ |
| 24 | The darkest hour may be just before the dawn but it is no time to go to sleep on the job . |
| 25 | He told the US public : " This is not a time for euphoria , certainly not a time to gloat , but it is a time of pride … |
| 26 | I just hope it is a one-off , because there is no time to rest players . |
| 27 | Youth has always been the ideological sign of pleasure because it is a time of irresponsibility , possibility , change ; young people are envied and feared and so feature in the organization of consumption as a recurring adult fantasy . |
| 28 | I think that the hon. Gentleman will know what I mean when I say that in the context of coming towards the end of a particular available time , whether it is the time for talks or the time for a general election , there is reluctance among certain parties — and I make this remark generally — to turn their cards face upwards if there is any danger that other people will not have turned their cards face upwards by the time the whistle blows . |
| 29 | Mr McGrady said : ‘ It is important that farmers receive this premium as it is the time of the year that they take land in conacre . ’ |