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 | There had just been time to push Eric to the floor in the back . |
| 7 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for us to take control , seriously . ’ |
| 8 | IT will soon be time to prune apple trees and many shrubs and a good pruning saw is an essential tool . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It would soon be time to commence hay-making in the Handley Farm pastures . |
| 11 | It 'll soon be time for me to write again . |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for your afternoon lesson . ’ |
| 13 | Now it could soon be time gentlemen please . |
| 14 | Cos if not it 'll soon be time for bed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There would just be time for a quick shower if she hurried . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | Soon be time to go to school , ’ said Tom , placing a paper bag on the table . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | Even if you are in a rush there should still be time for a glass of skimmed milk and a piece of fruit or fruit juice . |
| 22 | There 'd still be time to catch the last collection . |
| 23 | He considered tearing off his waders but there might still be time to cross the far side of the breakwater without having to swim for it . |
| 24 | Look sharpish , and there 'll still be time to whip down to Rose Morris in London 's Denmark Street on Wednesday Nov 18th to catch an Ovation clinic featuring one of the UK 's best-known sessioneers Ian Aitken . |
| 25 | A vote will then be taken when each Member will vote for affirmative or negative , if there still be time , the Chairman will call on Members in order of list when each shall be compelled to contribute a song , Reading or Recitation or in default forfeit threepence for the good of the Society . |
| 26 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
| 27 | There may still be time before they get to him … why do n't you have another go at persuading him ? |
| 28 | But if Betty began to weep Lydia would be , in humanity , bound to put her arm about her in consolation ; so she said earnestly that she was suddenly terribly hungry and could it possibly be time for lunch . |
| 29 | still be time to set my house in order . |
| 30 | The unseemly haste is dictated not merely by the Government 's electoral timetable , but by the fear that if the measure is given proper time for debate there will also be time for the real , but as yet nascent , concerns of Tory Back Benchers and their constituents to grow and mature . |