Example sentences of "[vb -s] not the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has not the time now come for us to leave the Exchange Rate Mechanism , at least until such time as German interest rates are reduced to a level compatible with the needs of the whole of the rest of Europe ? |
| 2 | Has not the time come , however , to evaluate the optimum pupil-teacher ratio for pupils at any given age , with a view to establishing it ? |
| 3 | Has not the time come for the Government to commit themselves unequivocally to legislate in the next Parliament so that those who wish to shop on Sunday and exercise their free choice to do so are enabled to do so by total deregulation of the law ? |
| 4 | Has not the time come at last — some of us have been saying this for a long time — for my right hon. Friend , or his successor , to consider seriously the alternative policy that many have advocated : administrative devolution , or short-term integration ? |
| 5 | And when the law actually penalises people who inflict punishment outside the law through sheer frustration with its inadequacies , has not the time come for judges to realise they are dealing with real-world situations and sentence accordingly ? |
| 6 | ‘ He says he has n't the time to do a good job . |
| 7 | ‘ Gosh , has n't the time gone quickly ? ’ |