Example sentences of "a [adj] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ascot and Windsor race meetings in the twenties were a trying time for the respectable county town of Reading . |
| 2 | A trying time for the resource person . |
| 3 | Without wishing to understate what was surely a trying time for some students , I shall make two further points . |
| 4 | As a result , they are normally very tired during weekdays when they are compelled to wake at a normal time for work . |
| 5 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 6 | It had been such a confusing time for her — the quarrel with Stephen and her mother 's death following so closely . |
| 7 | Winter can be a cruel time for waders on the Wash . |
| 8 | The spectre at the birthday feast : Patricia Clough predicts a humiliating time for Erich Honecker at the GDR 's 40th anniversary celebrations |
| 9 | However , a stipulated time for delivery is likely to be more important and therefore in an ordinary commercial transaction a delivery date is normally ‘ of the essence , ’ Hartley v. Hymans ( 1920 K.B. ) . |
| 10 | It was a turbulent time for college principals , and many were unable to cope with the urgent demands for change which constantly assailed them — not least from their own undergraduates . |
| 11 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
| 12 | August 1985 was a strange time for The Smiths . |
| 13 | Those early days of Elizabeth 's reign were a strange time for England , for having lost the kingdom through the death of one wife , Philip of Spain hoped to regain it my marrying another . |
| 14 | It has been a strange time for customs officers thought Western Europe and North America . |
| 15 | Unless the parties agree a different time for payment , the seller can sue for the price only after property has passed , section 49 ( see paragraph 12 02 ) . |
| 16 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 17 | ( Aug 24-Sep 23 ) This really is a peculiar time for finances . |
| 18 | but there 's a right time and a wrong time for doing it , see cos basically if you were getting the money , the phone calls that were , that were done a since Christmas right , I 'm not sure how the bill runs , it probably runs December , January , February er I think they run a quarter on the phone bill , and its a three month period |
| 19 | It was also a popular time for processions of witness or walking days , when the members of churches and Sunday schools of all denominations would walk together through the streets , stopping at selected places along the route to sing hymns to bear witness to their Christian faith . |
| 20 | This has been a painful time for you . ’ |
| 21 | Lying in bed at night is a perfect time for scanning our brain for those things we might have forgotten . |
| 22 | It was a perfect time for the launch of Black Dwarf , but there too there were problems . |
| 23 | This is a perfect time for us to be putting our foot on the accelerator and move ahead , ’ says Colin Mitchell . |
| 24 | Supermarkets and libraries too are usually willing to give over part of their foyer for a limited time for exhibitions of children 's work . |
| 25 | " I did n't know you had a set time for dealing with housing . " |
| 26 | Love The passage of love planet , Venus , through your own sign is a splendid time for romance . |
| 27 | It was a sad time for English cricket ; sadder still was the tact that , apart from one series , things would simply continue to get ever worse . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a sad time for me , but this is something for which I 've been trying to prepare myself for some time , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Finally , at a sad time for Rosamund and myself , our sincerest thanks to so many rugby friends who have extended , through kind words and deeds , their sympathies to us on the tragic death , after a short illness , of our daughter Charlotte . |
| 30 | And though that would be a sad time for her , in Glasgow , alone , it would cheer her up to think what fun they were having ! |