Example sentences of "not a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Not a second time . |
2 | Such connections are occasionally recognised in orthodox medicine where there is not a long time delay between one complaint developing and the next , though the significance of the link between diseases is frequently missed . |
3 | Two weeks is not a long time especially as social workers have many competing claims on their time . |
4 | Three weeks is not a long time to debate a Bill , but the number of hours that we can devote to the Bill during that period will be perfectly adequate . |
5 | Is this not a strange time to close offices which provide assistance for so many unemployed people ? |
6 | It was not a nice time . |
7 | Today , though , was not a suitable time to raise the subject of it all coming to an end . |
8 | It was , indeed , ‘ not a simple time ’ . |
9 | The results of these Monday afternoon treks ( is at Nursery and I am not at work only Monday and Friday afternoon and Friday afternoon is not a good time to go bothering people ! ) were now covering rather more than a double page and indeed was too much for a single newsletter article . |
10 | And even if the political tangle in South Africa is unravelled quickly there are many leading rugby people in New Zealand , including the new All Black coach , Laurie Mains , who suggest that now is not a good time for the resumption of New Zealand-South African contests — New Zealand have to recover a lot of the ground lost at the World Cup before they would feel comfortable of having a winning chance against South Africa . |
11 | If Sunday at 7.45 is not a good time for you , when would you prefer it to be on ? |
12 | The BMC 's current view is a wanly pragmatic notion that this is not a good time to raise the issue . |
13 | Similarly , the Christmas period is usually not a good time to start with a puppy because your home is likely to be in turmoil , and you may have visitors . |
14 | It may be a romantic notion — a glossy new hatchback parked outside on Christmas morning , but in financial terms , December is not a good time to buy . |
15 | ‘ Look , this is not a good time for me to talk . |
16 | ‘ It 's not a good time , Mrs Sutherland . ’ |
17 | As you know , it 's not a good time . |
18 | ‘ I 've found that morning is not a good time for conversation , ’ she murmured . |
19 | ‘ No , it is not a good time to be opening a hotel of this calibre , ’ Wolfgang Nitschke agrees . |
20 | This is not a good time for getting involved in strenuous activity . |
21 | He told me that this was not a good time of the year to see Riga . |
22 | It was not a good time for him in many ways . |
23 | This is not a good time to rush forward and seize what looks like a golden opportunity . |
24 | Well it 's not a good time to enter the market now . |
25 | Not a single time since they came here . |
26 | It is now the moose-hunting season — not a safe time to be creeping through the woods on a wild wolf chase , and so unless someone shoots her , Ylva has a few weeks grace . |
27 | James was in every respect the kind of driver Alexander would get along with and that their enterprise did not finish so very far from winning , and failed to win not a few times only through misfortune — or the injustice of fate , speaks creditably of an underlying seriousness that they rarely allowed to show . |
28 | Fat bald man asks if it is not a bracing time of year . |
29 | So er , it 's quite different ai n't it still it 's not a bad time to come out |
30 | Well he 's , he 's no , he ge that 's not a full time job like , but I mean , it used to be one , but |