Example sentences of "be no time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | While studying spinning in Huddersfield ( as part of her degree course in textile design at Middlesex Polytechnic ) there had been no time for her to try out the machine , so the then sceptical technician told her to come back later . |
| 2 | As there had been no time for it to be considered , the hearing was adjourned until November 1990 . |
| 3 | There had been no time for a cup of coffee and she 'd eaten nothing the night before , going straight to her cabin . |
| 4 | There would have been no time for another member of the crew to try to take over the controls . |
| 5 | For he could not have had to look far for whatever it might be , there had been no time for that . |
| 6 | It was first love — there had been no time for earlier romance because Nicandra was only eight on April 8th 1904 . |
| 7 | He had 10 wickets under his belt , was searching for an 11th , and at 264 for 9 , New Zealand captain Martin Crowe knew if either he or last man Chris Pringle fell , the Test was lost ; but if they could gather four runs , the match would be saved , for even if they were out immediately afterwards there would be no time for England to begin a run-chase of any kind before the scheduled close of play at 5.30 . |
| 8 | He said that there would be no time for a statement on the valleys initiative during Question Time and that he would place a copy of his speech in the Commons Library . |
| 9 | A decade after the Scarman report on Brixton and on the evidence from our more troubled communities , this is no time for any of us to strike traditional postures . |
| 10 | ‘ A time of historic change is no time for recklessness . |
| 11 | This is no time for sorrow |
| 12 | Transfer of micro-organisms from a surface at this stage is unlikely to be harmful as the numbers involved are too low to cause immediate infection and there is no time for multiplication on food . |
| 13 | Library managements might plead that there is no time for a highly staff-intensive activity such as stock revision , but the low priority given to an activity of such fundamental importance is disconcerting . |
| 14 | This is no time for delicacy and posing , it is time for strong-arm stuff which would bring looks of admiration from a shark angler and cause a tiddler snatcher to cringe in fear . |
| 15 | Halfway through interviewing candidates is no time for governor discord or financial disagreements to surface , or for the true needs of the school to be hastily compromised . |
| 16 | There is no time for ‘ rubbish ’ ; there is no time for reading ‘ rubbish ’ . |
| 17 | There is no time for ‘ rubbish ’ ; there is no time for reading ‘ rubbish ’ . |
| 18 | Despite the enormous praise for the concert there is no time for rest for the performers — rehearsals for the Eggars summer concert are already underway . |
| 19 | This is no time for pretending that all will automatically be sweetness and light , just because you have a deep affection for each other . |
| 20 | Tariq Ali contributes a feature to the paper , in which he asks ‘ could it happen here ? ’ and concludes ‘ the situation is not the same … but it is no time for complacency in Britain . ’ |
| 21 | There is no time for Celtic to lick their wounds . |
| 22 | ‘ This is no time for divisive talk . |
| 23 | This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness . |
| 24 | He offers us a practical young man who , unprepared for such a challenge , faces it boldly , controlling moments of doubt simply because there is so much to be done that there is no time for introspection . |
| 25 | I need more delicate movements , but there is no time for delicacy . |
| 26 | So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ? |
| 27 | ‘ In the towns now they are so busy or so tired , poor souls , or so wretched and idle that there is no time for that calm contemplation of one 's existence which is the best part of our lives and which continues at all levels in a place such as this , among the peasantry as much as among those they call the Statesmen . |
| 28 | However , if the customer is waiting for an immediate answer , there is no time for this . |
| 29 | If you find yourself changing your mind in the course of an answer , either cross out what you have written and start afresh , or , if there is no time for that , say frankly that you have changed your mind . |
| 30 | ‘ This is no time for crying , ’ she told me firmly . |