Example sentences of "[art] [adj] time for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was intended to examine the ability of the normal book-provision system to cope with varying levels of demand by noting the relationship , if any , between the number of requests submitted in any one period and the average time for straightforward deliveries of ‘ ordinary ’ books from the Main Building within that period , requests for early or rare items , most of which are not supplied through the normal book-fetching channels , were excluded . |
| 2 | ‘ June or July would be the ideal time for first-time buyers to exchange contracts . ’ |
| 3 | Reviews in the early 1980s called for reactivation of research to establish the optimal positioning of the newborn infant and the optimal time for umbilical cord clamping at preterm deliveries . |
| 4 | However , concerns are expressed about the waiting times for elective surgery and out-patients and a perceived need for more medical and nursing staff . |
| 5 | Thus , the expected time for intestinal secretion was limited . |
| 6 | ‘ Twice for a whole day and the other times for two hours each . |
| 7 | Many schools devote almost a third of the allotted time for each lesson to these exercises . |
| 8 | We knew we would enjoy the wild times for two weeks and then regret it . |
| 9 | Without wishing to understate what was surely a trying time for some students , I shall make two further points . |
| 10 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
| 11 | It was a sad time for English cricket ; sadder still was the tact that , apart from one series , things would simply continue to get ever worse . |
| 12 | Get all your business done Saturday for it 's a fine time for long distance communications and clinching all sorts of commercial arrangements and workaday agreements . |
| 13 | The Fifties was a great time for moral stands , at least on this subject , accompanied by high-level debate and quixotic , brave , sometimes eccentric gestures of persuasion . |
| 14 | The early '70s ( mine is a ‘ 71 — serial number 290586 ) was n't a great time for American guitars of any ilk as far as I remember . |
| 15 | The human span of attention is limited ; for most people an hour is a long time for concentrated thought on one topic . |
| 16 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |
| 17 | I queued a long time for that loaf . |
| 18 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 20 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 21 | It 's thought that the morning , when people are a bit lively , is a good time for therapy-type activities — perhaps have a half-hour reminiscence group over a coffee at 9.30 or 10.00 am . |
| 22 | ‘ It is a good time for sterling-based investors to buy a holding in a managed currency fund , ’ says currency manager Philip Saunders of Guinness Mahon . |
| 23 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 24 | Using the count of books on loan at a given time for each interest category , he takes the square root of each of these numbers . |
| 25 | The collision comes at a difficult time for Russian President Boris Yeltsin , who is defending a decision to impose presidential rule in parliament and in the Constitutional Court . |
| 26 | ‘ He had been nursed superbly and that needs to be said because the nurses have gone through a difficult time for obvious reasons and I would like to assure them , in public , that what they have done was quite superlative . ’ |
| 27 | Although it was a difficult time for most people not everyone was distraught . |
| 28 | Moreover , there is much to suggest that Cnut 's reign was itself a difficult time for some churches . |
| 29 | Labour leader John Smith told Mr Major : ‘ I am sure that the whole House will share the feeling of sadness which you have expressed and will also share the hope that a greater degree of privacy might result for the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children in what would be a difficult time for any family . ’ |
| 30 | Although some airlines , like British Airways , have been keen to invest in an American carrier , it is a difficult time for any airline to go shopping . |