Example sentences of "[num] of the [adj -est] time " in BNC.

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1 September is one of the best times for sowing wildflower seeds , particularly the many mixtures now available .
2 The year will be remembered as one of the best times we ever had .
3 For the mink in America , winter is one of the best times for muskrats .
4 This is one of the best times for catching worms .
5 ‘ It 's one of the fastest times I can remember for so early in the season , ’ said Christie .
6 This is one of the leanest times of the year so we are exhorting the Department of Agriculture to speed things up . ’
7 But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known .
8 Regardless of how I feel about it now , this period was one of the happiest times of my life .
9 He says that illustrating this book was ‘ one of the happiest times of my life . ’
10 It was to be one of the worst times in the whole five years .
11 Launched in September with no publicity , one of the worst time slots imaginable — one or four o'clock on a Sunday morning ( depending on which TV region you 're in ) — and what looks like the lowest budget in TV , it nevertheless achieved a ratings increase from 300,000 to 1.6 million in it 's first four months and , according to Granada TV insiders , it 's guaranteed to run ’ almost indefinitely ’ .
12 ‘ This means the forms will be dropping through farmers ’ letter boxes at one of the busiest times of the year , ’ said NFU regional director John Biles .
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