Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Very often this will be coming from a different department , who should be alerted in good time .
2 Both these figures are below national guidelines which recommend that 90% of all calls should be answered in that time .
3 What I think should be done at that time was that the Government should be fifty percent shares in it so that anything that 's er sample that 's brought up they should know what it is .
4 For counsellors to know the limits of their competence is clearly important , and calling in specialist help is always something that should be done in good time .
5 Eggs are laid down in the autumn and a good digestible protein-rich diet , such as earthworms , should be fed at this time in order to encourage early spawning .
6 Certain corries are always favourites for dropping calves and , if known , should be avoided at that time .
7 No direct light should be provided at this time , as the fry are light sensitive for the first week after hatching .
8 Progressive taxation must be outlawed for all time ; educational qualifications for jurors must be introduced ; the voting age must be raised to 21 and suffrage extended to dogs of three years or more , subject to simple intelligence tests .
9 The whole place must be flattened by this time .
10 Any pertinent changes must be notified in good time if the court is to sanction the scheme .
11 Any foods left uneaten must be removed after this time .
12 Since the analysis of this data must be performed in real time , traders use computers .
13 Information about modules might be used at another time when designing another course .
14 ‘ You 'll be told in good time , ’ he said and would not listen when Goll the Gorm said , crossly , as they trooped out , that it was always the same ; they were not told what was going on and it was a disgrace and a scandal and there 'd be a revolution at Tara before much longer , if there would n't be an outright war .
15 This meant that an individual book took longer to print than it might have done if all the workmen had concentrated on it alone ; but also that , by utilizing plant and labour less wastefully , all the books could be printed in less time altogether , and at less cost , than they would have been by serial production .
16 A similar result was reached by Lord Somervell who was of the opinion that fraud did not go to jurisdiction and could be challenged at any time .
17 However , he refused to attach too much importance to these since they could be withdrawn at any time unless they were passed into law .
18 The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties .
19 There is legitimate concern that the meeting decided that little could be done at this time we might be able to contribute to the campaign at a later stage .
20 The custody hearing could be called at any time .
21 ‘ He could be killed at any time .
22 As long as she was alive and working my reputation could be destroyed at any time .
23 This provision did not take into account the substantial number of businesses in the licensed trade which are owned and operated by bodies corporate or incorporate and not by individual persons , with the result that the licence holder was a company official who exercised little or no control over the day-to-day running of the premises , or was the manager of the premises , and whose employment could be terminated at any time , irrespective of the date of expiry of the licence , either by his own volition or by his employer 's .
24 A further refinement was that the entrance to the town 's harbour was under the furthest-out of the bridges , so that entry and exit thereto could be denied at any time by the castle 's occupants , with a great boom to be lowered .
25 Ella he had dismissed , as pleasure could be recalled at any time , while the business in hand was urgent .
26 He could be executed at any time .
27 He thought that the prairie grassland climax had been stable since the last ice age and could be restored at any time even after interference by humankind .
28 This was so notwithstanding that the field could be closed at any time and that certain people could be refused admission .
29 He always seemed to know exactly where Sergeant Charles Trumper of the Royal Fusiliers could be located at any time of the day or night .
30 In the course of an acrid , 30-minute press conference , called at midday and starting at 3.42 , both men implied that the deal could be resurrected at some time later : ‘ I might consider selling my majority shareholding in the future , ’ said Edwards , ‘ but certainly not this season . ’
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