Example sentences of "[vb -s] be time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the slump of 1921 there has been a prevailing tendency , occasionally interrupted but invariably resumed before there has been time for a real recovery towards parsimony and restriction . |
| 2 | This is to ask whether there has been time for natural selection to specify the DNA present in the human genome . |
| 3 | Both Nicaragua and Cuba have seen significant changes for women , but the Cuban example is particularly instructive , since there has been time for new gender roles to develop . |
| 4 | Fewer papers should be taken at very short notice before there has been time for the Departments to comment on them . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , in the hurly-burly of a busy existence it is likely that the next experience will occur ( rather like waves relentlessly breaking on the shore ) before there has been time to review . |
| 6 | Even when the preference is weak , the switch will not occur unless there has been time for the predators to learn how to handle the other ( now abundant ) species . |
| 7 | In Chemicals Manufacturing at Royston and Brimsdown it has been time for change . |
| 8 | Whenever the yield has gone below 4 per cent before , it has been time to get out of the door and sell equities . ’ |
| 9 | If all she needs is time to say yes , I 'll be your lover , then she has all the time in the world . |
| 10 | There 's been times , erm , other things , usually something unconnected with the music . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been time , really . |
| 12 | It 's been time and breath wasted . |