Example sentences of "time [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just in time to preserve the high quality of sport and curtail poaching and illegal fishing . |
| 2 | TIME TO WIELD THE BIG KNIFE |
| 3 | In the build up to her first ever world tour , the now seasoned campaigner decided it was time to kill the cutesy girl-next-door and reflect the reality of what had happened to her over the previous two years . |
| 4 | However , once Governments of either party know that they will complete a Bill on a certain day , they hand much of the power over to the Opposition to decide how they want to use that time to debate the proper timing and clauses . |
| 5 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 6 | The Lassiters followed more circumspectly behind , reaching the stable-yard in time to see the previous year 's corn-dolly being symbolically burnt . |
| 7 | Now is the time to conduct the final check on each of the features of the list . |
| 8 | But the time to plan the final report is right at the start . |
| 9 | You arrive in Strasbourg , the home of the European parliament , around 3.00pm , leaving you plenty of time to enjoy the gallic flavour of this super town . |
| 10 | One , motivated only by despair , deserves sympathy and time to absorb the full implication of last Thursday 's election . |
| 11 | Photographer Bill Roberton started industrial photography in 1971 just in time to catch the final act by the workhorse of the Scots mining industry . |
| 12 | Cheryl stepped forward to deliver another blow — just in time to catch the dead body of her husband as it fell from the locker . |
| 13 | We could not do the trip in and out of the town in time to catch the last plane that evening , so we were condemned to this place and an early flight . |
| 14 | There 'd still be time to catch the last collection . |
| 15 | Make sure it 's at a point on the video tape where it can be recorded immediately because there wo n't be time to find the right point , and also make sure you bring with you a watch because you 're going to need to be very tight on , on times , so try and remember to bring a watch with you . |
| 16 | There would be ample time to sift the fine detail from Shildon next day . |
| 17 | Needless to say , it would be impossible to provide each buyer or its bank with an endorsed original bill of lading in time to provide the same bill to the following endorsee . |
| 18 | His dying brain barely had time to process the fading image of his killer and recognise the black-clad form with the glowing eyes as the Prophet , before its circuits closed down permanently . |
| 19 | Manweb wants to erect low voltage lines on wooden posts at Nantmor , near Beddgelert , agreeing at the same time to dismantle the existing line . |
| 20 | He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus . |
| 21 | The morphological system can require a long time to obtain the syntactic information for a word . |
| 22 | He seemed to have decided that now was the right time to clean the Great Hall floor and was poking the mop head in among the boys ’ legs , muttering to himself . |
| 23 | We left for Salonika on 17 July , arrived next morning , and stayed two days , which gave me time to explore the older part of the town . |
| 24 | Come and indulge your special interest , enjoy a fun weekend with the family , experience the atmosphere of a BIG city , and then take time to explore the beautiful Heart of England . |
| 25 | Er , now you 've chosen this time to eliminate the other boat , we know there 's another boat around about here somewhere , and we know there 's another post here , so erm but if this was shown in isolation we would n't have known that . |
| 26 | However , there are a further two weeks in Turkey yet , time to visit the Blue Mosque in Istanbul , haggle for genuine Turkish carpets in the Grand Bazaar and take part in what promises to be an emotional but fascinating tour of the Gallipoli Battlefields . |
| 27 | Since attendance at everything was voluntary there was plenty of time to view the high-tech exhibition and to mingle and chat in any of the dozens of coffee shops on the site . |
| 28 | It was time to open the next package . |
| 29 | From Alameda , ships need only one hour of cruising time to reach the open sea ; Everett is seven hours from the Pacific . |
| 30 | As he saw her , he stretched out his arms and lifted her up before she had had time to reach the bottom step . |