Example sentences of "that time [be] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If the fluctuations in rainfall … continue as they have over approximately the past 90 years , ’ he said , ‘ the development of drought at that time is to be expected ( as it is also in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand ) . ’
2 It is suggested that if the timetable is important ( as for example , a development timetable in a building lease ) the draftsman should provide expressly that time is to be of the essence .
3 Should the parties agree that time is to be of the essence ?
4 Where the parties have not only required a step to be taken within a specified time but have expressly provided for the consequences in case of default , this provides an indication , of greater or less strength , that time is to be of the essence , but it is not necessarily decisive .
5 That in all this — in the maelstrom which he had managed to turn into a benevolent vortex — his real preoccupation at that time was to be a man .
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