Example sentences of "a time be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What kind of a time are you going to have , stuck here inside these four walls with no one to take your mind off the pouring rain ? |
| 2 | Up to 40 young people at a time are homeless in Gloucester . |
| 3 | I think , like all moderate people , that one step at a time is no bad thing . |
| 4 | For when you are dry , empty , sick , or weak , at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to me though you find little enough to enjoy in it ’ ’ |
| 5 | What you say at such a time is also important . |
| 6 | No more than one pill at a time is needed and the effect is not stronger by giving a full bottle . |
| 7 | They are egg eaters and as only one egg at a time is produced , it will need protection . |
| 8 | As Mr Jones points out , losing a student for 12 weeks at a time is extremely disruptive to a small office and costly to the practice . |
| 9 | What your suffering friend needs at such a time is to have you just listen , not to judge or to find the answer but to offer practical support if necessary . |
| 10 | It 's a heck of a time is n't it to let |
| 11 | If only one frame at a time is exposed , with a delay in between ( stop motion ) , movement is not so much speeded up as created artificially : this is the basic principle of animation in all its forms . |
| 12 | As you read this , only one word at a time is sharply in focus . |
| 13 | As you move your eyes across this page , one word at a time is focused onto the fovea . |
| 14 | ‘ A little at a time is perhaps best . |
| 15 | Only one note at a time is entered . |
| 16 | After parties have agreed on the method of enquiry , a time is allowed to them for preparation of the hearing . |
| 17 | To have a noisy celebration going on at such a time is causing considerable distress to the family of the late Sir Nelson . ’ |
| 18 | Thus a seminar , in which a number of speakers exchange ideas and information , is still a one-to-many mapping , because only one idea at a time is capable of being absorbed by each individual recipient . |
| 19 | Their inability to do more than one thing at a time is only one problem . |
| 20 | I he obvious inference after a time is that the man was homosexual and that the men talking were , too . |
| 21 | That 's ten quid a time is n't it ? |
| 22 | ‘ No , one of those at a time is quite enough , ’ replied David grimly . |
| 23 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 24 | Christopher and I then returned to the fringes of power , having for a time been drawn perilously close to the centre . ’ |
| 25 | Each spurt in investment has for a time been halfway successful in boosting harvests and production , but policy to date has failed to grasp the nettles of productivity , variety , distribution and responsible land use . |
| 26 | While moral suasion had been favoured in the War ( in preference to rationing ) as a means of restricting domestic demand , and had for a time been partially successful , as peace returned it lost much of its impact . |
| 27 | Secondly , I know that this committee has over a time been concerned about the resource needs |
| 28 | INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Surrealism and erotic fantasy are recurring themes in a retrospective on Meret Oppenheim , the German-Swiss artist , who for a time was a model and follower of Man Ray . |
| 29 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ By this time , I 'd become the President of MainMan and for a time was Ton 's right hand man running errands for him . |
| 30 | A time was to be fixed for the expedition in the month of November , and by leaving in the evening on the ebb tide we could expect to reach the shores of Wight with the full morning flood . |