Sentence examples for was not ripe from inspiring English sources

But the time was not ripe.

It was not ripe for publication.

After 34... Qc5, it was not ripe for Korchnoi to exchange queens, so he kept the tension with 35 Qd2.

The Western District of Texas granted the FTC's motion to dismiss because the claim was not ripe and would improperly intervene in the agency process.

Appellants moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, claiming (among other things) that appellees lacked standing to sue and that their claim was not ripe.

Conscious of preserving his status and wanting to put something specific on the table, Secretary Powell resisted the pleas, saying the time was not ripe, officials said.

"The social context just wasn't ripe".

"We picked a tomato, but it wasn't ripe," Evan said.

"I think that 19th century Russia, when Fandorin lived, wasn't ripe for democracy," Akunin wrote in an e-mail.

Conditions were not ripe for his vision.

Barak thinks Livni is not ripe.