Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] period [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose now , though , that in the next period of time , period t + I , autonomous investment ( 10 ) rises by £10 to £510 . |
| 2 | For instance , if an economy grows at 5 per cent per year following a two-year disbursement of a structural adjustment loan , if the international price for the country 's commodity exports has risen by at least 5 per cent in the same period of time , can the loan be regarded as justified ? |
| 3 | Coupled with this , however , we have to remember the huge concentration of such sediment in deltas such as that of the Mississippi , where it has been accumulating at a fantastic rate ( perhaps 10 000 feet in the same period of time ) . |
| 4 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 5 | For example , a doctor may be able to see more patients each hour and he may be being more efficient by seeing more people in a fixed period of time . |
| 6 | They must prove to Thadeus that they 're here to destroy what he hates , and they 've got to do this in a reasonable period of time . |
| 7 | However , the importance of the semantic analyser relative to the other modules constitutes a narrower issue and one that can be investigated in a reasonable period of time . |
| 8 | The producers who supervise Radio 1 sessions tend to be musicians who are used to coaxing good performances out of young bands in a limited period of time . |
| 9 | would prefer that too er partly because it would give everybody an opportunity to look at the particular problem er in , in , in , in , in a shorter period of time , erm we are also cheered by the recent visit to England by the minister there Mr who made certain promises , I think it would be useful if Mr who a candidate at the meeting would reiterate his promises publicly today , thank you Chairman . |
| 10 | In a short period of time , they had raised the cost of the building , including contributions from Queen Victoria herself , but now needed money to purchase a prime site in the centre of Glasgow . |
| 11 | If all the etch-resist is completely stripped away in a short period of time , then perhaps the whole board has been exposed at some stage to too much UV light . |
| 12 | A surprising expression of regret that Loius Gerstner might get the top job at IBM Corp comes from AT&T Co chairman Robert Allen : Gerstner is on the board of AT&T and Allen said he would regret losing him : ‘ I 'm sorry to lose him — he 's a very good director , asks good questions , has good financial knowledge and experience , ’ Allen said , ‘ and I 'm sorry to say has learned an awful lot about our business in a short period of time , ’ he added . |
| 13 | The New Oxford English Dictionary Project requires a sophisticated and novel computer system to be built and commissioned in a short period of time . |
| 14 | By er failing even once to meet a reasonable demand for a for something to eat in a short period of time , then there 's a knock on effect to our business . |
| 15 | This may not prove to be a serious problem , but having it happen twice in a short period of time makes me wonder . |
| 16 | They were told that the underlying constipation can not be treated in a short period of time . |
| 17 | Given the cash generating capacity of Darty and Kingfisher , he said : ‘ I am confident that gearing will reduce significantly in a short period of time . ’ |
| 18 | It is not therefore surprising that computing laboratories in universities put limits on the amount of output that users can expect in a given period of time . |