Example sentences of "[ex0] have been 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 | There had been times in her life when she had been — if not happy , then content . |
| 8 | There had been times , after all , while he 'd been serving his stretch in prison that he really had wondered whether he had hallucinated it all ; wondered whether he was losing his mind . |
| 9 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 10 | Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim . |
| 11 | This arrived so soon we could n't believe there had been time to make them and get to the Matterhorn ! |
| 12 | If there had been time , I would have ordered several new suits . |
| 13 | Fortunately , there had been time to buy a half bottle of Bell 's on the way to Paddington . |
| 14 | However , there have been times in the recent past when 50 per cent of the artists selling and succeeding in the USA have been British . |
| 15 | But she admits : ‘ Yes , there have been times of anger and frustration for me as well as Jack . |
| 16 | Having said that , there have been times , one particular occasion in the west of Ireland I remember only too well , when after four days of heavy rain , I would have swapped tent , pack , pots and all for a warm bed and a hot bath . |
| 17 | ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’ |
| 18 | There 's been times , erm , other things , usually something unconnected with the music . ’ |