Example sentences of "time is [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marco-Pierre White , chef/proprietor of Harveys I think the time is fast approaching when the lady must be given no choice . |
| 2 | The time is fast approaching when a more accurate division of mankind will be between those who are patients , knowing despair as well as they know the lines grooved into their own hands , and those who are psychiatrists , so helplessly and irrecoverably sick that they believe that , serenity can be achieved by swallowing a few polychromatic biochemicals ! |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know , I 'm coming to the conclusion that the time is fast approaching when I may accept his proposal ? |
| 4 | The time is fast approaching where both the stock market and Eurotunnel 's bankers require something a little more concrete than vague reassurances that it will be all right on the night . |
| 5 | This requires some time to be spent on organising access to playback machines and on introducing teachers to the concept , but that time is well spent as it then frees the tutor to give individual guidance to teachers with problems . |
| 6 | So for grassland farmers , the best time is probably February–March when the ground is moist but can still be run on . |
| 7 | His run at Haydock last time is best ignored as George Duffield got himself jammed in on the rails until too late . |
| 8 | However , for the majority of women , planning intercourse to coincide with ovulation and predicting their most fertile time is easier said than done . |