Example sentences of "be time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1976 , the centenary of the event , Mr Alan Spedding , the present organist and choir master , thought it might be time to call a halt but met with such opposition from the townspeople that it was decided to carry on . |
| 2 | VIZ magazine creator Chris Donald is right when he says it might be time to call it a day . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On applications for pre-action discovery the court will not take into account limitation defences unless the prospective plaintiff 's claim is bound to be time barred ( Harris v Newcastle-upon-Tyne Health Authority [ 1989 ] 1 WLR 96 ) . |
| 5 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
| 6 | But perhaps it may regretfully be time to demolish our bothies — their unique charm and tradition destroyed by the greedy — another casualty like that on the consciences of the cairnbuilding , memorial erecting , road bulldozing and ‘ 100 best walks ’ brigade . |
| 7 | There was intended to be time to descend , to retire through the covert and to supervise the fast , careful infill of stone that would give them their bridge when the walls fell . |
| 8 | IT will soon be time to prune apple trees and many shrubs and a good pruning saw is an essential tool . |
| 9 | They may see that it does not have to be time consuming and it does n't always involve filling in forms . |
| 10 | Opportunities for teaching occur spontaneously throughout every day , and do not need to be manufactured or to be time consuming . |
| 11 | The use of new equipment can be demonstrated to a group of learners , as it would be time consuming to teach each student individually . |
| 12 | Appeals against deregistration will be time consuming . |
| 13 | The appraisal will be time consuming and includes an examination of teaching and the other aspects of teachers ' job such as lesson planning and syllabus development . |
| 14 | The establishment of local contacts or a local office is a useful step in developing an exploration programme in an area as tracing , and negotiating with , land and mineral rights owners may sometimes be time consuming . |
| 15 | Commercial studios , photographers and , indeed , production companies are often highly specialised and the process of choosing the right one can be time consuming . |
| 16 | Compensating for the absence of representation could be time consuming and difficult when appellants are confused or inarticulate . |
| 17 | that needs to be time consuming |
| 18 | Striking a balance between comfort and smartness need not be time consuming . |
| 19 | From the point of view of the doctor , even an unsuccessful action can have negative effects on career , and the action will be time consuming . |
| 20 | However , there are major limitations to this approach — it can be time consuming and expensive for the promoters , while the exercise can also degenerate into a public relations exercise as far as the public is concerned . |
| 21 | A multiple transfer of assets may be time consuming if consents are required and may give rise to unnecessary stamp duty . |
| 22 | The unscrambling process could be time consuming and expensive . |
| 23 | While necessary it can be time consuming . |
| 24 | No , but it must be time consuming , yeah , course . |
| 25 | Soon it 'll be time to take a long , hard look at tonight 's menu … what 'll it be ? |
| 26 | In half an hour it would be time to take her loaves out of the oven : the only drawback to her new business was that it meant getting up early every single morning of the year . |
| 27 | If you stay here any longer it 'll be time to take the cows in for their evening milking . ’ |
| 28 | If you do this during a landing , there will not be time to realise your error . |
| 29 | " In a moment it will be time to give Mr Hopkins another half ounce of brandy , poor man , " sighed Miriam . |
| 30 | Perhaps there would be time to cook , to bathe … |