Example sentences of "time have [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Not only was there little difference in the reporting of the cases compared with the popular press , but also The Times had become attracted to sensational headlines .
2 A complication from the government 's point of view was that the Sunday Times had contracted to publish extracts from the diaries and in fact did so before the government sought a gagging injunction .
3 This is probably the reason for its universal acceptance as something to be cherished , and for its survival despite all religious disapproval which from time to time has endeavoured to denigrate it , as did for example , some of the teachings of Puritanism .
4 Er last year and time has flown has n't it ?
5 National Government , then the time has got to come at so some stage as to whether you defend a principle of Lincolnshire being a de a longer term debt free authority , or whether you look around the county and say , important services must be protected .
6 In fact I think it 's true to say that when the forty six hectare figure wa was agreed , it was known that the coal field was coming and er I think time has shown has n't brought anything like the number of jobs or economic
7 Other countries have used systems of this kind with success and the Government have concluded that the time has come to ask for powers to adopt a system of early release on licence in this country .
8 I think the time has come to ask Meredith Putt a few questions . ’
9 You know something 's going on , we have a little surprise set up for you , and I think the time has come to let the cat out of the bag .
10 The time has come to use test kits more often , and with greater care — and to experiment with Siporax which , we are so regularly told by the distributor , can deal with nitrites and nitrates .
11 Next there is a group of colleagues whom I shall describe as the ‘ patriots ’ , who through love of country and a proper belief in its democratic institutions do not accept that the time has come to deny our nationality .
12 Let me suggest to my hon. and learned Friend the Minister that perhaps the time has come to stop acting as an honest broker between victim and aggressor .
13 But second , enough of an overwhelming victory for the incumbent leader to rule out what has always been the more credible avenue through which change might occur : her own apprehension , reaching her by whatever means , that perhaps the time has come to quit — before the election rather than after it .
14 The time has come to kick fast food .
15 ‘ And now I think the time has come to explore a little further . ’
16 Mr. Lester submitted that the time has come to relax the rule to the extent which I have mentioned .
17 This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group .
18 ‘ I think we have done in the past , but the time has come to say enough is enough . ’
19 Sufficient to say I was deeply embarrassed , and the time has come to put an end to this absurdity .
20 The time has come to put that right .
21 Does he agree that the time has come to put forward with ever greater clarity the kind of Europe which we want and which he has already outlined in his comments ?
22 The time has come to put the national interest above the special interest and totally eliminate political action committees .
23 Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added .
24 Mosley said : ‘ We 've been listening long enough and the time has come to do something about it .
25 Now , having spent a hard eight years making clear what we are against , the time has come to describe what we are for .
26 Now , with all Europe freed to unite ( or to fall apart ) , the time has come to devise a shorter , clearer replacement of all that has gone before — a constitution designed for a larger and more disparate union .
27 Should we advise Her Majesty under whose Charter we operate , that the time has come to devolve our responsibilities gradually to the institutions who are our partners ? …
28 I have a message of hope : the time has come to join hands .
29 But when science proposes to manipulate the life of a human baby , the time has come to call a halt … . ’
30 ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly .
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