Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | What we do find , however , is that women 's work is not so divorced from the work of men as it becomes in later times . |
| 32 | The issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings . |
| 33 | To such an end it had for some time been seeking to intensify contacts with both Tehran and Baghdad . |
| 34 | It had at one time been a larger crude producer than Saudi Arabia , with an output in 1964 of 2.3 million b/d against the Saudi 1.9 million b/d , only being overtaken in 1966 . |
| 35 | Actually what is now taken to be the normal and basic meaning of the English word " family " is far removed from the meaning it carried in earlier times when the economic basis of English society was different . |
| 36 | And if you know the history of the universe in imaginary time , you can calculate how it behaves in real time . |
| 37 | erm and the North Koreans were going backwards at a vast rate of knots and in came the Chinese the Chinese army , it stood at that time I think at twenty five million men erm and , and Douglas started losing again , sad really is n't it ? |
| 38 | When it comes to trade-in time , I think we 'll be looking at Gibson , Ibanez , Yamaha and the other competitors , excellent product though the Squier Hank Marvin is . |
| 39 | Still as I 've often remarked dames is peculiar people when it comes to mating time . |
| 40 | It is apt that one of the first two recordings made by Kurt Masur in his new role as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic should be of the New World Symphony , particularly when it comes in ample time to celebrate the centenary of the first performance of that favourite work by this very orchestra in December 1893 . |