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‘Times may call for measures.’

[⟨det time.ncall.v (:p for.p ⟨det measure.n⟩)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I am not usually one for thinspo, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Tough times call for Machiavellian measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Drastic times call for drastic measures, and that adage especially applies to African – American males in today’s society.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It was a risky gamble, to overstate his abilities the way he was about to, but desperate times called for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Well, desperate times call for desperate measures, so I have resurrected Bob Beans.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Val decides that desperate times call for desperate measures and orders a pizza for dinner, something neither of them should technically be eating as they fight for spots on the roster in Detroit.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Drastic times call for drastic measures, and Alvin and Simon set out to explain America’s history to Theodore; from the first Thanksgiving through the American Revolution.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Given the current pitching situation, which is crap, I’d be upset if the Tigers didn’t give Garcia a shot, as desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Shirogane hadn’t planned on turning Akira into a shin, but desperate times called for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She nows has less than two months to solve her boyfriend’s non – existence problem in time for the wedding and desperate times call for desperate measures…
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Since drastic times call for drastic measures and since most Brewers fans have woken up each morning this season hoping to see this news, what really was there to lose?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Desperate times can call for desperate measures that may include shopping at a? gas station food mart that drops prices on produce at the end of each day.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The excuse wouldn’t hold up in court but desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

desperate times call for desperate measures. hell yeah, I can see that happening. you’re a great this website n *n’t say it’s hard to believe, since I knew it all along. so. the question is. why am I crying?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Admittedly, they are rather hardball and draconian, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Parse)

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Queried on 2013-05-19.