Example sentences of "[Wh det] be a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is a long time to go without It . |
| 2 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 3 | My father had a and he said it would be forty seven , say it would likely be forty seven , but that 's forty seven is two year eight month away , which is a long time for me to keep it going . |
| 4 | I think candidates who are thinking of applying for entry in nineteen eighty-five , who are now say seventeen coming on eighteen , have got three or four years ahead of them at university , which is a considerable time , and if nothing else , university will make them question themselves , what their interests are , and they 'll introduce them to new subjects , new areas of study , and it may be a mistake to embark on a vocational course , and discover halfway through that actually it 's not what you want to do . |
| 5 | Which was a long time ago . |
| 6 | Er and shall we say , what 's a good time for you ? |
| 7 | Now the problem comes of course , well that 's all very well but how do you define what is a reasonable time ? |
| 8 | Because I think , what is a reasonable time , is going to vary from one product to another . |
| 9 | So what is a reasonable time to complain will , I think , vary from one product to another . |
| 10 | What is a reasonable time will depend on the nature of the programs and their complexity , taking into account the time required for testing and acceptance . |
| 11 | ‘ Whatever is a suitable time for you . ’ |