Example sentences of "[det] is a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a time of abundance when bird , beast and insect gather to share the cornucopia . |
| 2 | As Turner ( ibid. 99–100 ) records , this is a time in social history , when |
| 3 | So this is a time for shedding illusions and for staking up such relative certainties as exist . |
| 4 | It could be that this is a time marked by a dearth of characters , or that the smart people in rock are n't interested in self-projection but in obliterating themselves in noise . |
| 5 | This is a time for action … the country is waiting for an inspiring lead on a programme of courageous national reconstruction . |
| 6 | This is a time when the bereaved will say that there is no meaning in life at all . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ This is a time when I can do a lot for my ranking . |
| 8 | This is a time to go forward with conviction and confidence , not to go back to the failure and bitter controversies of the past . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it seems to me that this is a time when we have a chance to examine the utility of A levels in their present form , a chance that may have been missed by the terms of reference of the Higginson Committee . |
| 10 | This is a time when the risk of suicide or another attempt is likely to be high . |
| 11 | This is a time when the risk of a suicide act may be greatest . |
| 12 | This is a time when your support and comfort are needed , as well as your nursing skills . |
| 13 | If you 're getting married later in the year , this is a time when you and your partner will need to sort out a lot of practical and emotional matters between you . |
| 14 | This is a time of tension when the stakes may be high and a future plan hangs by a thread . |
| 15 | This is a time period which witnessed rapid change in all spheres of life ; following the migrations ( Arnold 1984a ) rural communities were expanding their social and political networks to form the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms . |
| 16 | I know I 'm speaking plain , but this is a time for plain speaking . |
| 17 | This is a time to make up your mind which side you are on : America or the people ? |
| 18 | This is a time when entertainers should shut up and allow the black leaders of the community to take a stand and make a change . |
| 19 | This is a time for hanging out signals to our friends . |
| 20 | This is a time of austerity , of playing with ration books , of knowing we are " overcrowded " , of squabbles between the women over doing the stairs and cleaning the toilet that are handed down to us children in the form of sectarian rivalries . |
| 21 | This is a time to catch up on urgent paperwork and swap stories with colleagues about the events of the day . |
| 22 | 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 … |
| 23 | This is a time for you to test for yourself what truth there is in Schopenhauer 's doctrine … |
| 24 | The best time of day would be between twelve noon and three thirty or four o'clock , this is a time when the manager is generally out having one of his long lunches , er the assistant manager would probably return to the bank about round about two , two thirty , and the situation in the bank er between these times would be that there would be only a handful of staff , usually junior staff on duty who are more susceptible to passing information than the senior staff . |
| 25 | This is a time of great hope in international affairs , but also of uncertainty and potential instability . |
| 26 | In contrast , ‘ this time we can be better prepared … this is a time for doing the thinking , so that we can make things how we want them to be ’ . |
| 27 | This is a time for national and party loyalty . ’ |
| 28 | This is a time for using your creativity to its fullest extent . |
| 29 | This is a time of low unemployment , a high level of demand , firms working at full capacity earning high profits , an increasing rate of inflation and probably rising interest rates as investors compete with each other for limited loanable funds . |
| 30 | You are , you are , you are at your most confident this afternoon and so this is a time when you should enjoy ensure that your voice is heard where anything important is concerned . |