Example sentences of "[adj] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the interviewer 's role in the discourse , it is not clear how far or how reliably such an extended interview really does resemble spontaneous conversation ; but Labov 's schema is likely to be less demanding of the fieldworker , more economical of time and resources , and so not subject to the same range of disadvantages as the participant observation methods of the Belfast community studies . |
| 2 | Well , mind you June do n't know what the hell she 's ringing me half the time , because she bloody rings and , half of time it 's |
| 3 | A still more ambitious project was the publication in 1948 of Time Was Away : A Notebook in Corsica , with spine and typography designed by Keith Vaughan . |
| 4 | Her job , her leisure , her religion were devoted to being a provider of at best health and knowledge , at the least of time or food . |
| 5 | He stood and watched for a while but everything connected with seamanship is so majestically slow that he began to feel guilty of time wasting while the little vessel was still being manoeuvred through the gap . |
| 6 | The critical problem , of course , with TV commercials is that of time . |
| 7 | The concept of primitivism enables a society to construct its self-image not only by objectifying its concept of other distanced peoples , but also by conflating the dimension of space with that of time . |
| 8 | Such views may be due to the sporadic publication of relevant data , particularly that of time series , for statistically more developed countries . |
| 9 | A typical constraint in industry is that of time . |
| 10 | The great buildings of the country have , unfortunately , partially succumbed to a slower , more insidious destructive process ; that of time and the decay wrought by lack of restoration when needed . |
| 11 | Mystics are overwhelmed by a consciousness that there is a dimension beyond that of time , experience of which brings such certainty of fulfilling joy , such transfiguring of the material order , that the only possible priorities for existence in time can be to find a way of life that will allow access to this dimension . |
| 12 | It may help readers to visualize this unmarked deictic centre if they can imagine a four-dimensional space , composed of the three dimensions of space plus that of time , in which a speaker stands at the centre . |
| 13 | However it should be emphasized that nominal responsibility is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training . |
| 14 | Even formal titling is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training . |
| 15 | It was interesting to note that the responses to the CRUS question as to whether a member of library staff was designated as training officer also indicated that title held is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training . |
| 16 | For much of time he been joined by his wife Joanne , who has worked tirelessly with the country 's zoo to help care for captive chimpanzees and a small collection of other African animals . |
| 17 | The inclusion of sculptural elements into a given context makes one more conscious of time , not by slowing it down to a state of meditation , but rather by particularising time through the experience of the work in context . |
| 18 | Simpson read and paced a game brilliantly , his high scoring feats ( even in an age of high scores ) tell of a man who could always find the split-second of time , the extra half-yard of space or ounce of energy to beat an opponent . |
| 19 | solemn groom , troubled bride , for all of time |
| 20 | She had never imagined it could be so wholly voracious of time and attention . |
| 21 | In yesterday 's second game Short had soon obtained a slight advantage playing with the white pieces , but as the players again ran short of time Karpov obtained strong counterplay on the queenside . |
| 22 | There are many glories to see in the cathedral but if you are short of time , I would recommend four ‘ musts ’ : the Wenceslas Chapel , the Royal Oratory by Benedikt Ried , the window by Alfons Mucha and the tomb of St John Nepomuk . |
| 23 | If you are short of time , continue along Harantova into Maltézské náměstí , or Maltese Square . |
| 24 | ‘ And I 'm short of time … ’ |
| 25 | He was running short of time . |
| 26 | She was puzzled but too short of time to argue . |
| 27 | Had he not been so short of time he might well have found 25 … |
| 28 | In the USA , I discovered from a report by Dermot Pungavie in the Daily Mail , for those mourners who wish to view but are short of time , one funeral director in Chicago has come up with the novel idea of drive-in viewing . |
| 29 | That has set in train a process that could , eventually , lead to sanctions against offending countries ; but that might take years , and tigers , as a species , are short of time . |
| 30 | He is short of time . |