Example sentences of "be the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Evenings represent maximum temptation for most slimmers , although around four o'clock in the afternoon , when the children come home from school , can be the worst time for many mothers who may be waiting until mid evening to dine with their husbands . |
| 32 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 33 | With 120 furnaces and its own wharf on the Tees , the Britannia site no doubt looked impressive , but the 1870s were the wrong time for businesses to try to expand . |
| 34 | Walking the river in the close season , when the bankside and aquatic vegetation has blossomed and the water is running clear and low , is the best time for actually spotting the chub as they go about their daily business . |
| 35 | Late summer , which is the silly season for us general builders , with lots of odd decorating work , is the best time for repairs : before the summer sun has dried and shrunk the wood , ensuring good tight joints . |
| 36 | Besides , this is the best time for fishing , when it 's cooler — it makes them sluggish — ’ |
| 37 | SPRINGTIME is the best time for partying at Springfields . |
| 38 | This evening is the best time for visiting . |
| 39 | This evening is the best time for visiting . |
| 40 | Evening is the best time for visiting . |
| 41 | What is the best time of year to spray woodworm fluid ? |
| 42 | This is the best time of the year for seeking out the Great Bear , though from most of Australia and South Africa it is always very low , and from Sydney or the Cape only part of it rises . |
| 43 | ‘ This is the best time of the day , ’ she said , taking a mouthful of ale . |
| 44 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 45 | What would you say is the toughest time after finishing drama school ? |
| 46 | This is antipodal to the empirically visible history in which the time of all histories is the simple time of continuity and in which the ‘ content ’ is the vacuity of events that occur in it which one later tries to determine with dividing procedures in order to ‘ periodise ’ that continuity . |
| 47 | The same principles as discussed above apply in relation to when is the optimum time for lodging such a Tender . |
| 48 | This is the one time of year when I wish I did n't live in the depths of Devon , as my nearest indoor school is 1¾ hours away , and Ferdi Eilberg my dressage trainer lives 3½ miles away ! |
| 49 | Your wedding day is the one time in your life that you can live out your wildest dreams and most romantic fantasies . |
| 50 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 51 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 52 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 53 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
| 54 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
| 55 | This is the first time since its formation in 1935 that the association has organised a trespass as part of its campaign . |
| 56 | This is the first time since 1969 that we 've had them on site . |
| 57 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 58 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
| 59 | Yesterday 's bombs are thought to have been Semtex and it is the first time outside the capital that devices have been casually placed by the road side . |
| 60 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |