Example sentences of "a [adj] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ascot and Windsor race meetings in the twenties were a trying time for the respectable county town of Reading . |
| 2 | A trying time for the resource person . |
| 3 | Without wishing to understate what was surely a trying time for some students , I shall make two further points . |
| 4 | It will take a little time for me to forget the hurt and the disappointment … |
| 5 | The biggest problem with the diabetic clinic is that time tends to be very limited and perhaps it is best regarded as a place for assessment and the identification of problems , with a little time for education . |
| 6 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 7 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 8 | If there is , please give up just a little time for them . |
| 9 | I would ask everyone involved in the game to allow a little time for these changes to settle in both with players and referees . |
| 10 | It seems to me that you should leave a little time for romance . ’ |
| 11 | But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits . |
| 12 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 13 | Zen flashed his identification with contemptuous brevity and then allowed a little time for the mechanic 's fear to be fruitful and multiply . |
| 14 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 15 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 16 | I 'll give you a little time for that one . |
| 17 | As a result , they are normally very tired during weekdays when they are compelled to wake at a normal time for work . |
| 18 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 19 | It had been such a confusing time for her — the quarrel with Stephen and her mother 's death following so closely . |
| 20 | Winter can be a cruel time for waders on the Wash . |
| 21 | The spectre at the birthday feast : Patricia Clough predicts a humiliating time for Erich Honecker at the GDR 's 40th anniversary celebrations |
| 22 | However , a stipulated time for delivery is likely to be more important and therefore in an ordinary commercial transaction a delivery date is normally ‘ of the essence , ’ Hartley v. Hymans ( 1920 K.B. ) . |
| 23 | It was a turbulent time for college principals , and many were unable to cope with the urgent demands for change which constantly assailed them — not least from their own undergraduates . |
| 24 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
| 25 | August 1985 was a strange time for The Smiths . |
| 26 | Those early days of Elizabeth 's reign were a strange time for England , for having lost the kingdom through the death of one wife , Philip of Spain hoped to regain it my marrying another . |
| 27 | It has been a strange time for customs officers thought Western Europe and North America . |
| 28 | Unless the parties agree a different time for payment , the seller can sue for the price only after property has passed , section 49 ( see paragraph 12 02 ) . |
| 29 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 30 | ( Aug 24-Sep 23 ) This really is a peculiar time for finances . |