Example sentences of "time had [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The times had called for a certain mood but it was the genius of American cinema that it could harness the talents of actors and actresses whose every word and gesture rooted the films in the society for which they had been produced .
2 But many Americans thought the time had come for a political change to the safer conservatism of the Republican Party .
3 The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years .
4 These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building .
5 The most awkward joints were where the glazing bars met the curved members , any-way , after cutting about fifty joints in all , rebates for glass , slots for fielded panels , mouldings on corners and moulded glazing fillets the time had come for a complete dry assembly of the members .
6 Now that the time had come for the depleted garrison to shrink back inside the new fortifications , accommodation had to be found for the ladies displaced from Dr Dunstaple 's house .
7 By this time , according to Dyos and Aldcroft , most of the potential for river improvement had been exhausted and the time had come for the deliberate making of waterways , a step which , though it was a natural development from a learning process on the rivers , was yet one of great import .
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