Example sentences of "[adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Journal of Educational Psychology published an article on the negative correlation between fertility and intelligence by Gerald O'Hanlon in 1940 and an attack by Charlotte Fleming on the assumption that socio-economic level and intelligence were highly related in 1943 The Times Educational Supplement reviewed Maguiness 's book Environment and Heredity without querying the causal assumption that intelligence was mainly inherited . |
| 2 | Admittedly , this decline is not ‘ comparable to ’ that in the Mirror , but given that The Times was ‘ a newspaper of record ’ whilst the Mirror was a popular newspaper , one can argue that the decline in The Times ’ coverage was more serious . |
| 3 | ‘ Is that the time ? |
| 4 | is that the time ? |
| 5 | After the meeting there would be so much to do that the time would Pass quickly . |
| 6 | Then it was ‘ Fuckin' ‘ ell , is that the time ? ’ , back into the vulgar check suit and home to his little wife , who had been told that he had a business meeting in the City . |
| 7 | Under this head belongs every form of words by which , in speaking of a proposed measure of relief , an intimation is given that the time at which the proposal is made , whenever it may be , is too early for the purpose . |
| 8 | ‘ Eh , is that the time ? ’ she said sharply . |
| 9 | Is that the time ? |
| 10 | Is that the time ? |
| 11 | ‘ Is that the time ? ’ said Noolan . |
| 12 | Is that the time ? |
| 13 | Is that the time ? |
| 14 | ‘ Lord , is that the time ? |
| 15 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |
| 16 | ‘ Lord , is that the time ? |
| 17 | ‘ Heavens , is that the time ? ’ |
| 18 | Good heavens , is that the time ? |
| 19 | ‘ Ooh my , is that the time ! ’ |
| 20 | Is that the time ? ’ |
| 21 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 22 | ‘ Just keep hammering away , ’ David replied , then , glancing at the clock , he said , ‘ Good lord , is that the time ? |
| 23 | Good god is that the time ? |
| 24 | Is that the time , what time is it ? |
| 25 | Zhdanov , in particular , evidently did not share Bukharin 's view that in 1934 the time was past when literary criticism should be a " battering ram which smashed the enemy " For Zhdanov and company the socio-political climate was ripe for battering and smashing the ideological enemies of the Soviet Union with every available cultural and artistic weapon . |
| 26 | The inconvenience which this causes can normally be reduced only by delaying the binding of serial parts until they can be considered to be no longer ‘ current ’ , or by ensuring that the time which they spend off the shelves ‘ at binding ’ exceeds by as small a margin as possible the time required physically to bind them . |
| 27 | By 750 the time had come for the caliphate itself to be transformed and for the Umayyad regime to be dislodged . |
| 28 | 30% prefer the Independent ; 20% , the Daily Telegraph ; and 10% each The Times and the Daily Mail . |
| 29 | Was this the time ? |
| 30 | ‘ Is n't this the time of day Frenchmen meet their mistresses ? |