Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But much of Operation Gemini is about surveilance , observing known criminals and waiting for the right time to move in and make arrests , of which there have been more than a hundred and twenty since the operation started four weeks ago . |
| 2 | The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it . |
| 3 | See chapter 2 and do not look on the last fortnight as the only time to work , even if it does " concentrate your mind wonderfully " . |
| 4 | Well , this was hardly the scene she 'd have imagined as the perfect time to wear the dress , but now she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack it along with the predominantly casual clothes she 'd chosen to take to Sheffield . |
| 5 | There was a clear appreciation of the right time to strike . |
| 6 | We have just arrived here with everything we have soaking wet and so we must just sit still till our clothes are dried and I take the opportunity of the idle time to write to you — |
| 7 | ‘ This looks like the ideal time to push ahead . ’ |
| 8 | Eight days after knocking out Errol McDonald on a low-key bill at Bury , the 25-year-old Dudley boxer steps unexpectedly into the big time to take on experienced champion Donovan Boucher , of Canada . |
| 9 | The median time to symptom control in those with cytomegalovirus infection ( and therefore treated with foscarnet ) was four weeks , which does not differ from the median time to control on those without cytomegalovirus infection treated with analgesics alone . |
| 10 | After the team had gone off , I decided to visit a needy church member first and only had time to knock on one door before the agreed time to report back . |
| 11 | This gives those in the middle time to take guard and adopt the arrest position before they , too , might be pulled . |
| 12 | However , a preservation society had been formed in the mean time to come to am arrangement with the Company to secure its future operation . |
| 13 | She had stayed at work up to the proper time to get the full benefits and she had felt important enough , leaving to have a baby , for the loneliness to be kept at bay for the time leading up to her last day . |
| 14 | Sometimes , however , they prefer not to appear to be opposed , claiming to be generally sympathetic to the proposal , differing only on the appropriate time to bring it forward . |
| 15 | Well , not to kill the world , but they they there are enough bombs in existence at the present time to obliterate the world about three or four times over so we 're told , so we read no snow out here at all Danny is there ? |
| 16 | In my opinion it serves no useful purpose at the present time to seek to construe the relevant provisions of the Theft Act by reference to the report which preceded it , namely the Eighth Report of the Criminal Law Revision Committee on Theft and Related Offences ( 1966 ) ( Cmnd. 2977 ) . |
| 17 | at the present time to photocopy a couple of extra ones so Angela can have one |
| 18 | The pension has been transferred to the Legal and General and has been left there at the present time to grow and be managed . |
| 19 | The Primitive Methodist chapel on Westgate was built in 1871 to replace a smaller chapel on Quaker Lane , and a campaign is in progress at the present time to raise funds for its refurbishment . |
| 20 | It would be particularly appropriate at the present time to pay more attention to this aspect , and to obtain better information about crofters ' levels of living , including the subsistence component and remittances from emigrants . |
| 21 | Yet they all move together in the right way at the right time to carry out part of a complicated manoeuvre . |
| 22 | He moves forward minimally , to the right place , at the right time to maximise this . |
| 23 | They had found a witness who confirmed that one of their prime suspects had left the party at the right time to murder Nicola . |
| 24 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We were very lucky when we first came over , ’ acknowledges Niall with a hearty slug of purified H 2 O. ‘ We did n't know what was going on in London , we were just here at the right time to entertain everyone . |
| 26 | Since fertilisation is external , with the male 's sperm being shed over the eggs as they are laid , amplexus ensures that the male is in the right place at the right time to fertilise the eggs . |
| 27 | Then he landed in Oxford just at the right time to go out to the factory and it was open , and you had to get your car as soon as you could and see that everything was all right . |
| 28 | If your wedding guests are not seated in a reception hall but milling around a hotel or house your problem is to ensure that everyone is gathered in the right place at the right time to hear the speeches . |
| 29 | Because of that , it is important that we take the right steps at the right time to ensure the right results . |
| 30 | So the criminals move freely around the galaxy , pursing their profession , and the FedPol must swallow its frustration and hope one day to be in the right place at the right time to catch a big-time wrong-doer in the act . |