Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are times when the motivations for growth seem clear and times when they are under challenge . |
| 2 | If the calf was to be kept alive the course of action was clear and time was critical . |
| 3 | The Emperor was almost 45 years old and time was pressing . |
| 4 | On a less generalized scale , these contrasts are part of the experience of Mary Barton , where , for example , the workman , unemployed because times are bad , observes the manufacturers in their carriages visiting shops that contain expensive luxuries ; or where Jem Wilson leaves the destitution of the Davenport cellar to seek an infirmary order from Mr Carson in his luxurious library , at his well-spread breakfast table . |
| 5 | Not only did the king have a spare hour for what turned out to be an excellent interview in the palace gardens , but on learning that there was now no plane to take us home until Monday , laid on two helicopters to take us all on a Sunday outing to Petra ( the ‘ rose red city half as old as time ’ ) , then on to Aqaba on the Red Sea for lunch and a swim , and home across the desert and the black tents of the Bedouins in the evening . |
| 6 | ‘ Petra , … half as old as time ’ , buses from Aqaba or Amman . |
| 7 | It was at one such gathering that he described the venerable French cabaret singer Mistinguette as ‘ a rose-red cutie , half as old as time ’ . |
| 8 | They moved together in a dance as old as time until finally Travis slid between her parted thighs , hands going to her hips to hold her tightly against him and feel his desire . |
| 9 | And , remember , that Times 12 Roman and Times 12 Italic are two different fonts so it is easy to see that users quickly began to experience problems . |
| 10 | Make the delicate and time consuming task of transplanting seedlings easier by a simple new innovation from Tuff-Link called the ‘ Nursery Minder ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ The problems are tremendous and time is short ; we ca n't afford to wait while politicians figure out what to do . ’ |
| 12 | The former is not crucial unless time and energy efficient paddling are important ( which they will be on big open crossings ) but the latter is a more serious problem , particularly when trying to keep on a bearing in a big sea . |
| 13 | Nobody would pretend that raising an additional twenty five million pounds is going to be easy but time and again you have risen to the challenge . |
| 14 | There is no longer any need for the defendant 's solicitor to apply to have the payment in invested when time for acceptance has expired , but it will now earn less on deposit than on short-term investment account . |
| 15 | Although the parquet was then expected to take steps to bring the document to the attention of the defendant , service was already complete and time began to run for various purposes regardless of the date upon which the defendant received actual notice of the proceedings . |
| 16 | In addition , the control program 's handling of the virtual machines and their input/output resources is extensive and time consuming . |
| 17 | Cooking such small amounts of food can be fiddly and time consuming so try freezing baby-sized portions in ice cube trays . |
| 18 | The resources on which they call in making this decision include the above typifications , as well as local knowledge of the area and its crime , and contextual and time variables . |
| 19 | This assumption allows Lucas to measure as the deviation of actual real output , from the value predicted from a regression of on a constant and time ( where time might take the value of 1 in the first year of the data period , 2 in the second and so on ) . |
| 20 | Superb numerical skills are the foundation of her business acumen , blended with well-structured organisational and time management techniques . |
| 21 | There is no necessary link between tense and time ; it is likely in this instance that the use of the present tense is not restricted to a particular time ( which is the time of the utterance ) but refers rather to a " general " present . |
| 22 | However , both arguments are spurious , for there is a very loose connection between tense and time . |
| 23 | Lee seems to suggest that the relationship between tense and time is such that they reflect a simple cognitive process . |
| 24 | Good education is not cheap , as we have already found , and meeting the ideals of the General Medical Council is more costly and time consuming than older methods of medical education . |
| 25 | The installation of a water softner is likely to pay for itself very quickly , as well as minimise costly and time consuming remedial maintenance . |
| 26 | Mr Collin thinks that could prove costly and time consuming . |
| 27 | For example , taking the October calls and puts we may make the following division between intrinsic and time values : |
| 28 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 29 | This happened on several occasions , with the kisses and hugs becoming longer and more passionate as time went on . |
| 30 | This empirical and time consuming search for an effective strategy was mentioned by many arts interviewees , although every advisory teacher appears to have come to similar conclusions ultimately about which classroom practices were effective and which not . |