Example sentences of "[be] the [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 Let pij be the proportion of time for which si*sj = 1 .
2 If one takes degrees of latitude on the surface of time to be the analogue of time , one could say that the surface of the earth begins at the North Pole .
3 The expectations of the two parties may be very different , as may be the amount of time and effort they each put into the deal .
4 Also bearing on the seriousness of an anomaly will be the length of time that it resists attempts to remove it .
5 One of the strongest indications of class throughout the world came to be the length of time the travellers were prepared to spend at the station and the quantity of baggage which they had with them when they passed through it .
6 Yet , for this child , the rehabilitation period will be the length of time he is subject to a supervision requirement .
7 Most of the similarities must be the product of time and chance and circumstance ; but they are very striking .
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