Example sentences of "it [be] [not/n't] the time " in BNC.

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1 It 's not the time to argue about the small print of your contract .
2 I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned .
3 Yes , yes but , but it 's not the time
4 He added : ‘ Politically it is not the time to talk about re-unification .
5 So , even amid the fading glow of the MCG 's floodlights , and the successful reintroduction of South Africa , it is not the time to sit still and just ponder the future .
6 It is not the time for vaulting that five-bar gate , ’ he says .
7 Editor , — With regard to academic medicine , surely it is not the time spent in research that is important but that the desired aim of awakening in the young doctor an appreciation of what science has to offer is achieved .
8 But it was n't the time for secrets , or the place .
9 It was n't the time to be playing silly games .
10 It was n't the time for normal feelings , such as embarrassment .
11 It was n't the time to remind her mother that she was forty .
12 It was n't the time , ’ his wife said .
13 But it was not the time for lingering or relaxation .
14 It was not the time to talk .
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