Example sentences of "[prep] time it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is quite simply to reduce by say 25 per cent the amount of time the eager opera audience wishes to spend listening to famous old works about famous old people and places , and instead increase the amount of time it wishes to spend listening to new works about ordinary people now . |
| 2 | The City took a dim view of what it regarded as the inordinate amount of time it took for the group to return a profit there . |
| 3 | The rules allowed them this 2:1 majority but in the fullness of time it would become unacceptable to members . |
| 4 | Don Eigler , one of the IBM researchers , said last week that he was sceptical about IBM 's technique being useful for data storage because of the length of time it takes to move atoms . |
| 5 | There are also numerous problems arising out of the broader political situation : as of 1990 these include the possibility of reintegrating all or some of the homelands into a national education system ; the outcome of the bid for national political status by the Natal-based Inkatha movement , with attendant violence which has severely disrupted life in the Transvaal as well as Natal ; and the length of time it takes to dismantle the apartheid system completely . |
| 6 | Sooner or later The Course of Time it 'll |
| 7 | In the short space of time it took him to walk across the room arm-in-arm with Mme de Ratho , he thought he saw … . |
| 8 | This has enormous implications for the cost and length of time it takes to expedite cases , both areas over which the Institute has been severely criticised and which it is keen to see reduced . |
| 9 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 10 | ’ For the Hebrew , to know the time was not a matter of knowing the date , it was a matter of knowing what kind of time it might be . |
| 11 | For quite long periods of time it went away and he forgot it . |
| 12 | The shortness of the period of time it is left on the road is immaterial ( Holliday v Henry [ 1974 ] RTR 101 ) . |
| 13 | But professionals do not , in general , have to worry about the cost of the string or the amount of time it lasts . |
| 14 | Apart from providing such basic info as the date that any hit reached pole position , the length of time it held on to the top spot and a full rundown on catalogue numbers , songwriters , producers etc , there 's also a full page of background on the history of the song and its performers . |
| 15 | While there was such a difference in the length of time it took to acquire qualifications , many working class youngsters who had achieved good grades in the sixth form tended to view a course in teacher training as marking the limit of their ambitions . |
| 16 | From the beginning of time it had waited , embedded in the great black Altar of Khaine on the Blighted Isle . |
| 17 | Hoof and horn is yet another animal end product valuable as a long-lasting slow-release supplier of nitrogen , and in the same class as bone meal for the length of time it takes . |
| 18 | It only has the force of a recommended practice whereas I believe it should have the full force of a standard , but at least it is there and perhaps in the fullness of time it may attain higher status . |
| 19 | The Waltham Forest CHC not only was in disagreement with Mezey but also questioned the length of time it had taken the RHA to make time for a discussion of the report ( one year ) . |
| 20 | If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise . |
| 21 | The interviewees stated that all patients were treated in a similar manner regardless of the size of their habit and that the quantity of methadone and the length of time it was given were inadequate . |
| 22 | At the beginning of time it was said to have arisen from the primeval waters , the waters of Chaos . |
| 23 | Beginners are often surprised at the length of time it takes a learner to learn something : they tend to think that they need to say something once only for the whole class to have it ready for use a few seconds later . |
| 24 | The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time . |
| 25 | The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards . |
| 26 | What actually transpired upon the outbreak of the Civil War is lost in the mists of time it would seem . |
| 27 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 28 | In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks . |
| 29 | When the orbital period is plotted as a function of time it shows a steady decrease : . |
| 30 | Doctor Braby , hard-worked GP and police surgeon to the district , had done more than confirm the fact of death on this occasion , he had called immediate attention to certain peculiarities about the body , and boldly essayed a guess at the length of time it had actually been in the water . |