Example sentences of "think that the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pigeons clock-shifted 6 hours forward should behave as if they had been taken west : a pigeon , for example , clock-shifted 6 hours in a loft at Rome and then released at midday would think that the time at home was 6.00 p.m. , deduce that it had been moved to New York , and therefore home by flying east ( if we ignore the fact that it would recognize local landmarks ) . |
| 2 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
| 3 | The second group , of those — even including some Party members — who had previously been apathetic or negatively disposed towards the Party , thought that the time had now come when they could air their feelings . |
| 4 | He thought that the time had perhaps come to do something about Lorrimer . |
| 5 | Yet on an island where even nature conservationists seem bent on taming every last acre , I think that the time may be ripe for bringing the word — and the kind of land it refers to — back into currency . |
| 6 | But I think that the time has come when we can and should say that it ought to apply unless there is some justification or valid explanation for its exclusion . |
| 7 | And I think that the time will come some point , when the voluntary sector will say , ‘ Well , we actually do n't have time to talk erm to carry on talking about what we 're doing and how we 're doing it . |