Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Robertson gave a further hand to the defence when the time came for Mr Beltrami to give evidence . |
| 2 | The opportunity and the time to just talk to some kids and sound them out … or y' know , listen to what they 've got to say — have the time to do that . |
| 3 | Luckily , as most of us have neither the money nor the time to undertake major remodelling , it is quite possible to make significant changes without going to the bank for a loan or calling in a builder . |
| 4 | However , this has not necessarily proved to be the case when the time has come to commit the words to celluloid . |
| 5 | Liz Waterland says ( 1985 , p.42 ) , ‘ My invitation … is ‘ Come and read with me ’ ’ ; ‘ I provide the lap , the text and the time ; the learning is the child 's ’ ( ibid . |
| 6 | But , in its own way , it could never be described as anything less than a remarkably articulate and detailed player , and certainly no-one will fail to be swayed by its fine engineering , or Linn 's track record in improving existing products in the field when the time comes , instead of merely replacing them . |
| 7 | The traditional view of cell suicide focuses on development : it helps the tadpole to lose its tail ; it dissolves the tissues of the caterpillar when the time comes for change into a moth ; in a mother 's womb , it severs the webs between the digits of a child 's developing hands and feet . |
| 8 | The bill of exchange and the similar promissory note are documents recording the debt of the buyer and the time by which payment is due . |
| 9 | So we have given variable amounts of information about the speaker or the hearer or the time or the place as we have discussed different fragments of discourse . |
| 10 | Then we 'd again pace 100 yards , counting the paces and the time it took , so that we could do dead reckoning on our march in . |
| 11 | ‘ And when he finds it , then you want us to kill him and bring you the Volvo and the Time Sprout . ’ |
| 12 | What made it worse , was that the police had the time of the tram-cars and the time it took to get to a certain stop . |
| 13 | However , he did allow Richard all the books and the time he wanted to teach himself . |
| 14 | The poet and the time traveller stood alone in the desert . |
| 15 | It took the military stalemate of 1915 to persuade the UDC that the time was ripe to talk about peace without victory . |
| 16 | As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky . |
| 17 | Not satisfied , the Admiralty pressed the issue to the Cabinet and Wilson and Tupper were summoned to appear before a committee of Coalition Ministers , with Balfour in the chair , supported by Sir Edward Carson , Dr Macnamara and Arthur Henderson and faced by the proposal that the time had come for merchant seamen to be conscripted for national service . |
| 18 | He sensed her own excitement as they made what amounted to — considering the circumstances and the time lapse — quite desultory conversation . |
| 19 | Put cream and the expensive bits , not like the chicken and the time it takes |
| 20 | There are risks because of the operation and also the size of the child and the time we have to do it , so soon after birth . |
| 21 | Looking at these canvases one gets the sensation that the time spent in Horta was a period of almost unequalled concentration in Picasso 's art . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you know , I 'm coming to the conclusion that the time is fast approaching when I may accept his proposal ? |
| 23 | The left-hand pages bore a coloured photograph of some English beauty spot with an appropriate verse , both for the picture and the time of year , while the right-hand pages were each divided into seven sections . |
| 24 | Liam Brady , the Celtic manager , made the point that the time for cliches and excuses was past . |
| 25 | strongly of the opinion that the time has arrived when hasty experiments of a socialistic character , no matter how well intentioned — involving heavy public expenditure — should be scrutinised very closely … . |
| 26 | The SSPCA freely admits that feeding livestock on the hills runs contrary to the accepted practice in many hill farming areas but it is of the opinion that the time has come when a stand has to be made . |
| 27 | These mean ratings , together with the number of vehicles at the junction and the time spent there , are presented in Table 3.5 . |
| 28 | But certain files relating to the place and the time are listed as closed . |
| 29 | The familiar sounds brought Jehan to a sense of the place and the time . |
| 30 | The carrier is liable for the total of partial loss of the goods and for damage thereto from the time of taking over the goods and the time of delivery . |