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 ’ . |