Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the time for Nature 's great conjuring trick , when green leaves become crimson , gold , russet and purple . |
| 2 | With that as the background , it is the time for a deep study of the philosophy underlying the system — to determine afresh what we ought to be seeking to achieve , to examine how far and in what manner the results of our present practice fall short , and to sift new ideas in order to judge which of them appear both constructive and practicable in operation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is the time during which the evolutionary process was producing the human form as it now is , and laying down the pattern from which man , in remote retrospect , can now extract the necessary information on which to lay the foundation of the concept of the Created God , and to understand how he must develop that concept . |
| 5 | It is the time of the Indian Sanyasa — the leaving of the material life . |
| 6 | It is the time of year and the period of political history when many of the great campaigning organisations in penal reform have their anniversaries . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |