Example sentences of "[be] [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tests themselves have been carefully scrutinized for balance and consistency to ensure they are reliable time and time again . |
| 2 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 3 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 4 | It must have been some time after we had last met . |
| 5 | If you are looking for a Christmas present that saves money , is good for the environment and can be used time and time again , Ever Ready has the perfect present — the new FCH6 battery charger . |
| 6 | For anyone who does a lot of knitting , the initial time spent learning how to use the program will be more than compensated for , because once you have saved your work on to disk , the same garment shape and / or stitch pattern can be used time and time again . |
| 7 | Programs such as this are an invaluable source of information and can be used time and time again . |
| 8 | gon na be next thing , at least it 's gon na be right time cos summer 's coming up , so I reckon she 'll pick it up pretty quick , I do n't think you 'll have |
| 9 | ( As long as the heaving green adumbrates the land , as long as time has refused to be some time but always now , as long as the humungus titles have zipped up from the seam between sea and sky , as long … ) |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 11 | The company said that complex negotiations were proceeding quickly but it would be some time before there was progress to report . |
| 12 | While BT can be pleased that it bought into McCaw at a much lower price than today 's going rate and that it will be difficult for other overseas companies to enter the US domestic market , it will be some time before its investment begins to yield a return . |
| 13 | Although the opposition has no experience of sheltering such a prominent figure underground , Mr Devaty 's move appears to have caught by surprise not only his friends , but the country 's creaky legal machinery , and it may be some time before his non-appearance prompts a full-scale police hunt for him . |
| 14 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 15 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 16 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 17 | Mr Patten said this would put Britain in front of Europe but acknowledged that it may be some time before it can be implemented . |
| 18 | The way the Minogue sisters are likely to carry on working , it could be some time before they get the chance of another shopping trip . |
| 19 | The small group of diplomats — the first foreign envoys in the republic — arrived two weeks ago , but it will be some time before their presence is felt . |
| 20 | It will be some time before Stewart can begin on the interior decor , but the furnishings are likely to be medieval in flavour , if contemporary in colour , with heavy tapestries draped from the walls and fittings boxed into the panelling . |
| 21 | It will be some time before I forget the sight of Greg Hicks in a mini-skirt , fishnet tights and Rod Stewart wig , first furiously threatening Lillibet with a knife and then chewing up a wine glass in his torment . |
| 22 | ‘ It will be some time before the results of the experiment can be applied ; not until the child reaches maturity can we evaluate our findings . |
| 23 | Although much research is underway to achieve this , it will be some time before these are available on a national level . |
| 24 | But it was to be some time before he began putting his interest to any practical application . |
| 25 | I do n't know how bad he really is ; I only know it will be some time before he 'll be able to come out and take you away and , what is more , work for you . |
| 26 | It may be some time before the movement is strong enough to help the environmentalists in any significant way , both to save the Adriatic and to reinstitute sustainable and more human agriculture in the Po Valley . |
| 27 | It will be some time before these initiatives lead to new products and jobs . |
| 28 | Though it would be some time before he was released from hospital , he was already better and we were all able to relax with relief . |
| 29 | Due to the much poorer state of play areas throughout other parts of the district it may be some time before improvements can be achieved . ’ |
| 30 | So it will inevitably be some time before this necessary information becomes available in any meaningful way . |