Example sentences of "be a time [adv] we [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the surface , the Conservative victory of 1979 seemed to blunt the case for change and in a 1981 Commons debate on the British constitution the minister of state at the Home Office boldly put the case for no change , arguing that " this is a time when we should stand up for our great tradition of parliamentary democracy … |
| 2 | We did , at the time , when the expenses were incurred , we gave it , that we were opposed to all the increases that were being made , we still maintain that policy , and I believe that there is a time when we should be be in approval , that we in fact , expending money on new active members is wrong , when in fact , have the cut backs , because at the end of the day , people of Lincolnshire have to pay for these additional expenses incurred to elected members . |
| 3 | It is a time when we can take a deep breath , assess where we are and make a start on our anticipatory mourning for our fate . |
| 4 | There was a time when we might have hoped to educate our Disneyfodder to something better . |
| 5 | ‘ There was a time when we could look around at the Commonwealth , the Empire , other countries and we would see very soft markets for British exports . |
| 6 | There are n't two days go by though when I do n't think of him , because there was a time when we 'd play tennis four or five times a year . |