Example sentences of "it be a time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is a time of renewed hope . |
| 32 | It is a time when we can take a deep breath , assess where we are and make a start on our anticipatory mourning for our fate . |
| 33 | It is a time for journals and diaries . |
| 34 | People must be made aware that there is a national book sale on at the moment ; that it is the highlight of the bookselling year ; that it is a time when bargains can be had ; and that most of the titles return to full price in February . |
| 35 | It is a time for faith . |
| 36 | ‘ Then , sir , ’ I exclaimed , ‘ it is a time for honesty ! ’ |
| 37 | It is a time bomb waiting to explode . |
| 38 | It is a time for the Governments to act together to take charge of economics for the sake of the citizens that they , and only they , can represent . |
| 39 | He told the US public : " This is not a time for euphoria , certainly not a time to gloat , but it is a time of pride … |
| 40 | It is a time of relent |
| 41 | It was a time for fierce tactics , not for scruples . |
| 42 | It was a time when children were encouraged to fantasize about machines and outer space rather than marvel at the open spaces where the deer and buffalo roamed . |
| 43 | It was a time of great alarm in the Hindu heavens , for Ravana , the Rakshasa king of Lanka , had obtained terrible powers and was threatening the world . |
| 44 | But now , it was a time for truth and Phoebe said , ‘ No . |
| 45 | It was a time to dry out , three days of solid rain having dampened all but our spirits , and to finish our excess of the other kind of spirits before attempting to cross the border . |
| 46 | It was a time when the whole underground culture was at its height and I was very much involved in that and had been since early ‘ 67 . |
| 47 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 48 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 49 | ‘ It was a time for other artists . ’ |
| 50 | It was a time for being away from the cities , for reading and reflection , and being alone with nature . |
| 51 | It was a time when to be ‘ new ’ seemed more than usually important , as exemplified by the titles of its livelier publications : New Writing , New Verse . |
| 52 | It was a time when commonsense and reality seemed to be in suspension . |
| 53 | Obviously it was a time to reconsider the issue of widening both sets of locks . |
| 54 | It was a time of great migration . |
| 55 | ‘ It was a time of freshness and discovery of what acting was all about , ’ he said . |
| 56 | It was a time for reflection in 1964 , when the film was released . |
| 57 | Athens … was a place of wonder and beauty , and it was a time to marvel at the achievements of mathematicians and astronomers — a time to build and admire a Tower of the Winds . ’ |
| 58 | It was a time of great anxiety and distress , and yet everything that was beautiful and worth while seemed more precious than ever before . |
| 59 | For me it was a time of revelation . |
| 60 | For those whose husbands had not yet returned , which included my own husband , it was a time of unhappy waiting . |