Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retirement should be the time of the greatest joy in life . |
| 2 | A little later on , when all the relatives have gone home and the number of attentive friends at the time of the funeral has dwindled , it might be the time when the bereaved begin to reflect on their changed circumstances and try to evaluate how they feel both about themselves and the person who has died . |
| 3 | In the West country waterside living offers a similar breadth of choice , and with the market approaching its low water mark , now might be the time to take the plunge . |
| 4 | Well , Rose Fenemore , now might be the time to broaden your outlook a little . |
| 5 | When we 've played 12 that might be the time . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , well that might be the time , you see when perhaps I was at Cambridge . |
| 7 | Now might be the time to follow it up with a few troop directions in fluent French . |
| 8 | Perhaps now might be the time . ’ |
| 9 | No birth control method will work unless it is used regularly — the one time you take a chance could be the time pregnancy occurs ! |
| 10 | WITH interest rates going through the roof and budgets stretched now could be the time to embark upon some serious financial planning . |
| 11 | If rates do go lower , it will be by a marginal ½%-1%,; so now could be the time to take the plunge . |
| 12 | There were further changes in the late fourth century , but their precise date and extent is not yet known , though this could be the time of change back to domestic or agricultural use . |
| 13 | I said , no , but if she came out to the perimeter fence again , that 'd be the time . |
| 14 | Now may be the time they are willing to tell you what has been going on . |
| 15 | Another factor may be the time taken in coping with a particular old person which is seen as disproportionate in relation to other work which has to be done . |
| 16 | These lonely hours may be the time he reaches his deepest despair . |
| 17 | If the council did not react to that notice , then would be the time for the tenant to exercise the right to prosecute . |
| 18 | Even assuming that the bureau could bear the additional nominal £150 that NACAB charges each year for keeping the system up to date , the heaviest cost would be the time of the person who must insert the monthly updates . |
| 19 | An object the size of the Sun would take 29 minutes to collapse to a singularity under its own gravity — at least that would be the time measured by an observer stationed on its surface before he too vanished into zero dimensions . |
| 20 | Now would be the time to put the debate on a more rational and realistic basis . |
| 21 | In a very little , it would be the time when once she had used to sit with Mama … |
| 22 | This would be the time also of the fullest differentiation and autonomization of cultural facts . |
| 23 | They 'd be at a loose end when it was over , which would be the time to approach them . |
| 24 | Soon it would be the time for her evening drink : " Just the one , Gigi , do n't you think ? " she would croon when the old bird , freed from her cage , crawled up to crouch against her cheek . |
| 25 | Then would be the time to go seeking dear Mary again . |
| 26 | If something like that were going to happen , now would be the time . |
| 27 | Rex felt that now really would be the time to make a getaway . |
| 28 | What we hope to be able to do is to complete the requirement the staff target this year and set in train some industrial studies to see what the various options are and then once we enter the production investment phase then that would be the time that we would er look to doing the development work . |
| 29 | Mhm and that would be the time then that the women would go upstairs or into the kitchen or |
| 30 | UNEP , it is worth recalling , was born out of the 1972 Stockholm conference ; the 1992 anniversary conference will be the time to consider turning it into a full-blown UN agency with more funds at its disposal . |