Example sentences of "[pron] is [art] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transfer of micro-organisms from a surface at this stage is unlikely to be harmful as the numbers involved are too low to cause immediate infection and there is no time for multiplication on food . |
| 2 | Library managements might plead that there is no time for a highly staff-intensive activity such as stock revision , but the low priority given to an activity of such fundamental importance is disconcerting . |
| 3 | There is no time for ‘ rubbish ’ ; there is no time for reading ‘ rubbish ’ . |
| 4 | There is no time for ‘ rubbish ’ ; there is no time for reading ‘ rubbish ’ . |
| 5 | Despite the enormous praise for the concert there is no time for rest for the performers — rehearsals for the Eggars summer concert are already underway . |
| 6 | There is no time for Celtic to lick their wounds . |
| 7 | This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness . |
| 8 | He offers us a practical young man who , unprepared for such a challenge , faces it boldly , controlling moments of doubt simply because there is so much to be done that there is no time for introspection . |
| 9 | I need more delicate movements , but there is no time for delicacy . |
| 10 | So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ? |
| 11 | ‘ In the towns now they are so busy or so tired , poor souls , or so wretched and idle that there is no time for that calm contemplation of one 's existence which is the best part of our lives and which continues at all levels in a place such as this , among the peasantry as much as among those they call the Statesmen . |
| 12 | However , if the customer is waiting for an immediate answer , there is no time for this . |
| 13 | If you find yourself changing your mind in the course of an answer , either cross out what you have written and start afresh , or , if there is no time for that , say frankly that you have changed your mind . |
| 14 | As we have said , if your let-down procedure calls for a final descent rate of 800 ft/min , there is no time for trial and error . |
| 15 | There is no time for equilibrium to be established and instead of reaching it reaches Vo . |
| 16 | There is no time for dalliance . |
| 17 | But when it 's down mostly to wiggling around a stage in clattering heels there is no time for deep analysis of the psyche of folk who engage in such events and despite a doughty effort , director Ian Kellgren simply does not have enough suitable material to mesh this into any shape worthy of the tag theatre . |
| 18 | Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 well illustrates their way of thinking , ‘ There is a time for everything , a time for every occupation under heaven : a time for giving birth , dying , planting , killing , healing , knocking down , building , etc . ’ |
| 19 | There is a time for ambiguity and there is a time for action . |
| 20 | There is a time for ambiguity and there is a time for action . |
| 21 | However , there is a time for intelligent browsing , especially in bookshops and sometimes in the library also . |
| 22 | It is a time for Germanically cautious central banking . |
| 23 | When we are privileged to know this in advance ( and I think that it is wrong in nearly all cases not to tell a dying patient ) it is a time for preparation and repentance , and ultimately of acceptance . |
| 24 | To say that the UK economy is at a crossroads suggests that it is a time for important decisions to be taken leading to a change in direction . |
| 25 | It is a time for journals and diaries . |
| 26 | It is a time for faith . |
| 27 | ‘ Then , sir , ’ I exclaimed , ‘ it is a time for honesty ! ’ |
| 28 | It is a time for the Governments to act together to take charge of economics for the sake of the citizens that they , and only they , can represent . |
| 29 | Tariq Ali contributes a feature to the paper , in which he asks ‘ could it happen here ? ’ and concludes ‘ the situation is not the same … but it is no time for complacency in Britain . ’ |
| 30 | It is the time for Nature 's great conjuring trick , when green leaves become crimson , gold , russet and purple . |