Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 But all in all , it seems likely to be a long time before we reach that ‘ Utopian world of RDS ’ for all listeners in cars , at home or on foot !
2 It was to be a long time before any disciples appeared to revitalize the game , and even after Busby , Shankly , Clough and others the cry still goes up ( not always reasonably ) that football is too negative .
3 The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day .
4 As his biographer has pointed out it was to be a long time ‘ before he had an equal in the study of archaeology on a scientific basis or as an illustrator of archaeological relics ’ ( Jessup 1975 , p. 109 ) .
5 It was to be a long time before I slotted this experience into others to make sense of it all .
6 And it 's going to be a long time before it 's going to be possible , so therefore we still have to use animals , I see no way round it .
7 " It 's going to be a long time before we get another chance , though , is n't it though ? "
8 They were described as mere preparations for an Iranian final offensive , though this much-heralded event was to be a long time coming .
9 Because peasants had to pay back the sums of money which the government advanced on their behalf at 6 per cent interest over forty-nine years , it was to be a long time before their freedom was complete .
10 Although … well , it does look as though it 's going to be a long time before they can leave hospital , ’ she added sorrowfully .
11 Oh it , it was n't there seemed to be a long time you know before they turned one out to make , because it was a very long process rebuilding an aircraft , es especially as the situation was at Walsall .
12 I think that it 's a very long term thing and until the attitudes of both men and women and boys and girls at schools who come up here change , and that 's going to be a long time
13 ‘ If this is what we are capable of , it 's going to be a worrying time .
14 six o'clock seems to be a nice time , Scottish Homes said they would lay on coffee and
15 Now would seem to be a good time to buy PCs , but there could well be a certain amount of hassle before your new wonder computer is up and running properly .
16 This proved to be a frustrating time for the ‘ Whads ’ , as , although fellow League clubs were losing players left , right and centre-half to the war effort , Athletico had no one fit to fight .
17 Ruth was not going to admit that she had never actually made a phone-call herself , but there had to be a first time for everything , and since Connor was out , this would be the ideal opportunity .
18 But since then , there has never seemed to be a right time .
19 They never showed any sign of having doubts that I was going to give the total commitment required to be a full time board member .
20 No , D'Arcy decided , it was going to be a difficult time for her .
21 It proved to be a formative time .
22 June is an excellent month for marriage , Sagittarius , and if your wedding is this month it 's going to be a happy time for you both !
23 ‘ There is n't going to be a next time . ’
24 We 'd been married ten years , that 's always supposed to be a bad time .
25 The moves to stem wildcat stoppages , condemned by unions and the Labour Party and the independent Industrial Society — are thought to be the first time ministers have sought to legislate against the individual .
26 It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site .
27 This is believed to be the first time that a court of law in any country has declared that scientific evidence establishes cause and effect between exposure to smoke and certain diseases .
28 The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed .
29 NCR Corp has won a $2m contract to provide Dutch tour operator Arke Reizen NV with one of its massively parallel System 3600 systems : the machine will serve 800 terminals at Arke Reizen 's head office and 9,000 additional remote terminals in offices across the Netherlands , it will also handle some 500,000 bookings a year and calculate and maintain Arke Reizens 's financial accounts ; it is believed to be the first time massively parallel technology has been used to handle day-to-day travel transactions — although a number of travel agents use it to analyse marketing data .
30 The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments .
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