Example sentences of "[adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is that the time ? |
| 2 | is that the time ? |
| 3 | After the meeting there would be so much to do that the time would Pass quickly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Eh , is that the time ? ’ she said sharply . |
| 7 | Is that the time ? |
| 8 | Is that the time ? |
| 9 | ‘ Is that the time ? ’ said Noolan . |
| 10 | Is that the time ? |
| 11 | Is that the time ? |
| 12 | ‘ Lord , is that the time ? |
| 13 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |
| 14 | ‘ Lord , is that the time ? |
| 15 | ‘ Heavens , is that the time ? ’ |
| 16 | Good heavens , is that the time ? |
| 17 | ‘ Ooh my , is that the time ! ’ |
| 18 | Is that the time ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | ‘ Just keep hammering away , ’ David replied , then , glancing at the clock , he said , ‘ Good lord , is that the time ? |
| 21 | Good god is that the time ? |
| 22 | Is that the time , what time is it ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | By 750 the time had come for the caliphate itself to be transformed and for the Umayyad regime to be dislodged . |
| 26 | Was this the time ? |
| 27 | ‘ Is n't this the time of day Frenchmen meet their mistresses ? |
| 28 | Or is this the time to bring home a few ingots , dig up the cellar and bury them under the floor ? |
| 29 | Mr. Roy Hughes : With Welsh coalfields in a near terminal condition , with massive redundancies in the steel industry , including a major closure , is this the time for the Government to come forward with proposals to double the toll on the Seven bridge , our main access point ? |
| 30 | Last night 's accident did n't make this the time to start hurling accusations … |