Example sentences of "[art] time to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the time to be thinking about what the chief instructor is going to think or say . |
| 2 | He still felt naked and drained after the speech , yet now was the time to be weaving more individuals firmly into thy spreading fabric . |
| 3 | The whole unit had to be dismantled to allow a new base to be fitted — a costly and time-consuming disaster , which taught me that 11pm on Saturday , at the end of a tiring day , is not the time to be doing d-i-y ! |
| 4 | In studying a period and a phase in which what could be proved at the time to be shadows were so determinedly pursued , is he after all studying not an aberration , not a deviation from the normal , but the common behaviour of mankind ? |
| 5 | It was n't the time to be playing silly games . |
| 6 | Although in the oases they made gardens , perhaps even carried on other spare-time occupations , they were forbidden to trade and did not have the time to be truck drivers . |
| 7 | I recently purchased what I believed , at the time to be a Perkins 4203 diesel engine together with the appropriate conversion kit . |
| 8 | Joyce 's use of stream of consciousness was often thought at the time to be an achievement so outstanding as to deter imitation : Ezra Pound , for example , suggested , ‘ Ulysses is , presumably … unrepeatable … you can not duplicate it ’ ( Pound 1922 : 625 ) . |
| 9 | The first photographic record dates from December 1961 , when film-maker Bruce Brown shot Phil Edwards — considered by many at the time to be the best surfer in the world — on a six-to eight-foot west swell . |
| 10 | The resulting document , the Bourdillon Report , proved at the time to be one of the most useful that had appeared about the bookstocks of British public libraries , since it contained studies of existing provision and a series of recommendations on acceptable standards for provision in the future . |
| 11 | Father Devlin decided this was the time to be mute and neutral . |
| 12 | This openness also showed that in relation to science the consultative process revealed massive support for the working party 's view on the time to be devoted to science and on the position of balanced science but that the Council , with some reluctance , made recommendations in accordance with the Secretary of State 's different view . |
| 13 | Thirdly it helps to be specific about the tasks to be undertaken and the time to be allocated to them . |
| 14 | In interviews though , I said I was on the dole because it was very trendy at the time to be on the dole as far as the music press was concerned . |
| 15 | The time to be and the time to brood : that is what he wanted . |
| 16 | As we have seen , by 1948 the British government seemed to have modified its attitude , and many thought the time to be more propitious for attempting to pull Britain more firmly within the European orbit . |
| 17 | Labour politicians , even those with a training in economics , were muddled about the issues , and generally seemed to favour the historic average cost principles , which also seemed to many at the time to be enshrined in the wording of the Act , which merely required the industry to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ . |
| 18 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 19 | The clock face is painted white and so stands out clearly from quite a distance , allowing the time to be easily read . |
| 20 | The early autumn is the time to be in the Basque country , because it is usually drier then than in the summer , but still blessedly warm , and wonderfully ‘ luminous ’ as the French like to put it . |
| 21 | Sounds a little crazy , but it was quite a relief at the time to be able to switch my miseries around . |
| 22 | ‘ At present I look to the judiciary for advice on the time to be served to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence and to the Parole Board for advice on risk . |
| 23 | This said that he would look to the judiciary , as in the past , for advice on the time to be served to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 24 | The Act therefore laid down a " statement of particulars " to be included in any contract — the nature and length of the voyage , the time to be on board , the capacity in which the seaman was to serve , the amount of wages and scale of provisions to be provided and any disciplinary rules or penalties to be applied while on board — thus anticipating by 122 years the detailing of terms universally required by the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 . |
| 25 | Yet I seemed at the time to be thinking rationally , to be making common-sense plans . |
| 26 | Profumo unfortunately succumbed to the charms of a Miss Christine Keeler who — casting my mind back — appeared at the time to be an attractive little thing , and whose very appearance could be regarded as a warning to every husband anxious to preserve his marriage . |
| 27 | With the current interest in fetal nutrition and its influence on health in later life , now is not the time to be turning our backs on this important issue . |
| 28 | He 's a very aggressive batsman , but he finds the time to be a great encourager of his partners , and Phil Bainbridge is convinced that he 's never run faster than when they were in together against Lancashire . ’ |
| 29 | Now 's the time to be practical Realists . |
| 30 | Had someone or something decided that now was the time to be serious ? |