Example sentences of "time for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite juggling a high-powered job as principal of Prue Leith 's cookery school with the demands of being a mother-of-four and the wife of Citizens ' Charter Minister William Waldegrave , Caroline still finds time for a traditional Christmas . |
| 2 | Some years ago Collectair featured another commemorative luftwaffe Christmas plate , that time for a celebratory landing at Moscow , something that never happened . |
| 3 | Their intensive talks produced hints that the two sides could resolve remaining differences over START in time for a US-Soviet summer summit . |
| 4 | With that as the background , it is the time for a deep study of the philosophy underlying the system — to determine afresh what we ought to be seeking to achieve , to examine how far and in what manner the results of our present practice fall short , and to sift new ideas in order to judge which of them appear both constructive and practicable in operation . |
| 5 | Now is not the time for a fixed-rate mortgage |
| 6 | Moreover , the likelihood of death at a tender age leaves no time for a gentle , patient , permissive approach to child upbringing ; the lesson must be learnt by the child early and certainly : ‘ Break his will now , and his soul will live ’ . |
| 7 | For the first time for a long while , Corbett felt wanted and warmed to these simple yet sophisticated men so bound up in their own routine of prayer , work and study that they regarded any visitor as a visible sign of God 's grace . |
| 8 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 9 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 10 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 11 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 12 | I 'll stick my neck out , come on , we 're going to say they 're going to do it , for the first time for a long long time . |
| 13 | It was the normal time for a private member 's bill , but it was certainly not the normal time for a major Prime Ministerial oration . |
| 14 | " It is time for a major , renewed investment in fighting street crime . |
| 15 | When I went to the DHSS I vowed to make time for a serious investigation into company pensions . |
| 16 | Time for a total ban on drift-nets |
| 17 | Once I got the hang of it , I had been telling myself smugly , there would be nothing to stop us having a marvelous time for a glorious night and a day … |
| 18 | He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia . |
| 19 | Liverpool finally exited in bad-tempered disarray , with Mike Marsh sent off two minutes from time for a dangerous high tackle on Dimitri Radchenko , scorer of Moscow 's first goal . |
| 20 | Now is not the time for a faint heart ! ’ |
| 21 | It was the normal time for a private member 's bill , but it was certainly not the normal time for a major Prime Ministerial oration . |
| 22 | They were saved , of course , by the Mastodon , ‘ rowing as if in a race ’ , just in time for a grand battle between Swallows , Amazons and Eels , and a corroboree of triumph . |
| 23 | Indeed , ERM entry was accompanied by confident predictions that the economy would benefit from an eight to nine months honeymoon period that would see key indicators — notably inflation and interest rates — improving in time for a general election some time in 1991 . |
| 24 | It is preferable to arrange to visit in about 6 months ' time for a general discussion on how they are getting on . |
| 25 | Now note I 'm not asking at this point in time for a general opening . |
| 26 | I think that the hon. Gentleman will know what I mean when I say that in the context of coming towards the end of a particular available time , whether it is the time for talks or the time for a general election , there is reluctance among certain parties — and I make this remark generally — to turn their cards face upwards if there is any danger that other people will not have turned their cards face upwards by the time the whistle blows . |
| 27 | Wander around the bustling streets and markets or try the yellow trams which are cheap and easy to use and allow time for a leisurely drink at a pavement café or cosy brown bar . |
| 28 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 29 | It was time for a straight talk from Dorothy Hardisty . |
| 30 | It was time for a radical rethink . |