Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most recent and important example comes from the proposed Forest Bill of India which is at the time of writing about to come before Parliament . |
| 2 | Divide three hundred and sixty five which is about the time that the earth the sun by |
| 3 | ‘ in a street ( or public place ) called … ‘ 'Street ’ is defined at section 1(4) Street Offences Act 1959 as any bridge , road , lane , footway , subway , square , court , alley or passage , whether a thoroughfare or not , which is for the time being open to the public , and the doorways and entrances of premises abutting on a street ( as herein before defined ) and any ground adjoining and open to a street , shall form part of the street . |
| 4 | the member of the House of Commons who is for the time being the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts ; |
| 5 | ‘ It 's about the time I turned into a pig ! ’ he said . |
| 6 | Well that 's what Breeze am keep telling me when I got to work in the morning it 's about the time of recession people should advertise more not less that maybe but the hard financial situation of the theatre finds itself in is to find that sort of money is very difficult at the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's about the time you washed my mouth out with soap . ’ |
| 8 | It 's by the time I could get my gloves on . |
| 9 | It 's like the time when you were in hospital . |
| 10 | It 's like the time when I nearly drowned in the Mediterranean with you . ’ |
| 11 | It is at the time when someone can say , ‘ This time last year … ’ |
| 12 | It is at the time of delivery that the goods must be reasonably fit for the purpose for which the buyer indicated he wanted them . |
| 13 | Comments on the Green Paper have been requested by 14 January 1994 and it is at the time of writing too soon to predict what the ultimate shape of the implementing legislation will be . |
| 14 | Thus the wave is zero during the time interval — while it is over the time intervals — and — . |
| 15 | A marriage celebrated between two persons , one of whom is at the time validly married , is in any case void ; and any person knowingly entering into such a marriage is guilty of bigamy . |
| 16 | Then as we commissioned our team for what is at the time of writing known as the King 's Arms church we experienced a pouring out of the gifts of the Spirit on those elders and leaders who were praying for the team : it seemed everyone had a word of instruction , a revelation , a tongue or an interpretation for the strengthening of the church . |