Example sentences of "[adv] be time " in BNC.

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1 Work habitually done on an ad valorem basis may be quite uneconomical and should perhaps be time charged .
2 Few cases are quite as confusing as the zebra 's stripes , but there is always the chance that in a year or so 's time new information will have been gathered that changes our views about some aspect of animal life .
3 Elsewhere , other strategies will roll out in two to three months Pyramid says , and in a years or so 's time it claims it 'll have servers capable of competing with IBM mainframe class systems .
4 The good news is that , at last , a tape of the première of Britten 's Spring Symphony , known to be in Lord Harewood 's possession , has been re-located and , artists willing , should be issued by Decca in a year or so 's time .
5 Not only is time ticking away before the country splits itself asunder into its constituent Czech and Slovak republics , but both the ministry and the concept of Czechoslovakian citizenship will officially cease to exist on January 1 1993 .
6 But , of course , there had not been time yet for anyone to report on Katelina , even had shipping been normal .
7 For one thing , there had not been time for the more remotely-seated lords to arrive , if indeed many of them heeded the summons ; and the Balliol supporters , of course , remained absent .
8 There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible .
9 There had not been time to teach them .
10 There had just been time to push Eric to the floor in the back .
11 ‘ It 'll soon be time for us to take control , seriously . ’
12 IT will soon be time to prune apple trees and many shrubs and a good pruning saw is an essential tool .
13 Now he sat by the fire with his whisky , a drink he did not care for , making conversation with Tony and hoping that it would soon be time for bed .
14 It would soon be time to commence hay-making in the Handley Farm pastures .
15 It 'll soon be time for me to write again .
16 ‘ It 'll soon be time for your afternoon lesson . ’
17 Now it could soon be time gentlemen please .
18 Cos if not it 'll soon be time for bed .
19 Furthermore , while the effects of events in producing depression were often so rapid that there would scarcely be time to intervene after the event and before depression , major difficulties , by definition , had existed for at least two years , giving ample time for preventive intervention .
20 If the whites in Southern Africa could see this , not as a threat but as an opportunity — if they could grasp the truth that by a change of will and spirit they could deprive the Communists of their best propaganda weapon — there still might just be time for things to move in a new direction .
21 There would just be time for a quick shower if she hurried .
22 If you do this during a landing , there will not be time to realise your error .
23 There will not be time .
24 Firstly there may not be time or it may not be physically possible to suddenly introduce a high level operator , for example we can not put a different pilot on the flight deck when an aircraft gets into trouble .
25 They 're may not be time
26 There 'll not be time now .
27 Striking a balance between comfort and smartness need not be time consuming .
28 I know several inspectors who have refused a college scholarship , arguing that the time spent away from the force was time spent in structural limbo , and it has become almost a common adage that time away is time lost in ‘ the promotion stakes ’ .
29 Soon be time to go to school , ’ said Tom , placing a paper bag on the table .
30 Although they have worked together for so many years , there has still been time for individual projects and exhibitions : François-Xavier has moved on from vegetable architecture to monumental fountains and sculptures ; Claude 's ventures include jewellery and bronze furniture for an American garden , stage props for Bob Wilson and breastplates for the angels in Wim Wenders ' film ‘ Wings of Desire ’ .
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