Example sentences of "and [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many assumptions about bureaucratic behaviour have been derived from observations of a single organization and specific time periods : Niskanen and the US Department of Defence ; Tullock and departments of foreign affairs ; ‘ Leviathan ’ models of the 1965–75 growth years , and so on . |
| 2 | When freshly prepared , a period of 30 min or more may be required to stain the slides , but with maturity , this stain " ripens " and staining times can be progressively shortened . |
| 3 | The level sand plains appear to have been attractive to settlers throughout pre-historic and historic times ( Ritchie , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | To answer this difficulty , Dr Tipler distinguishes between ‘ proper time ’ , as measured by clocks , and subjective time . |
| 5 | Grandmother of 5 , Pamela Fitchew was preparing this morning for her day of reckoning , sentencing by a judge and possible time in prison for a crime she still claims she did n't commit . |
| 6 | Chris Moore reporting on the life and political times of Nicholas Ridley , who died today . |
| 7 | ALL legislation costs money and administrative time to implement . |
| 8 | You 've Milvia 's left you and awful time cos she talked for so long , you 've got two and a half minutes . |
| 9 | Church and State must respect and assist each other , even in these fractured and sorry times . |
| 10 | So if you are trying to decide how to provide your favourite clients and clients-to-be with an enjoyable and memorable time this summer , within the limitations of your latest budget cut , perhaps you should be considering corporate sailing . |
| 11 | After studying this table it should now be apparent that any rhythmic groove is a combination of duple and triple time with added rests or ties . |
| 12 | Well the traveller grinned And Billy beginned To tell the most marvellous tales Of earthquakes and crimes And fabulous times And whole families swallowed by whales . |
| 13 | A detailed analysis of time likely for elements of each job before commencement should be undertaken to indicate ways in which , for example , some stages can be done back-to-back and total time saved . |
| 14 | The 100 hr. stopwatch features 5 lap/split time and total time memories , 5 target times and an auto-start function . |
| 15 | GUNMEN have stolen nearly 60 gold and silver artefacts , dating from Inca and pre-Inca times from a museum in the southeastern Peruvian city of Cuzco . |
| 16 | THE ROLE of the police in South Africa needs a careful eye trained on it in these changing and unstable times , and Gavin Cawthra 's booklet does a fine job in relating the story so far . |
| 17 | Consequently , in classical and medieval times , there was no radical inconsistency between description based on the accurate observation of empirical reality and continued belief in a world of fable , inhabited by otherworld monsters . |
| 18 | This transhumance to distant resources is often thought of only in connection with more primitive and foreign communities , but it was certainly common in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times and must have been in earlier periods as well ( Figs. 11 , 59 and 93 ) . |
| 19 | It is in this method of construction that the Romans made one of their greatest contributions to architectural development ; their work was further adapted and continued in Byzantine and Medieval times . |
| 20 | Linear and quadratic time trends were included to control for the upward trend in volume . |
| 21 | The return of women to the homefront to live in varying degrees of poverty has been paralleled by an intensification of family-centred propaganda to remind us that women are the ‘ natural ’ homemakers , and that in difficult and unsettled times our prime responsibility is to make sure that our men and our children and our dependent relatives are properly cared for . |
| 22 | In general , improper handling and failure to meet temperature , retention and cooling times meant that the end products were often not sterile . |
| 23 | Midlife is an important and exciting time which has no need to borrow the outgrown trappings of youth . |
| 24 | Christmas day is a busy and exciting time for everyone , but we should not forget the reason for our celebration . |
| 25 | ‘ A very challenging and exciting time lies ahead for Magnus and I am confident of maintaining its position as the ‘ investors ’ choice . |
| 26 | From this disparity in rates , Professor Norman Newell deduced that these Cretaceous and Tertiary limestones represent no more than a tenth of Cretaceous and Caenozoic times . |
| 27 | Per capita costs of material appear low , but the project is so small that production costs are minimal and a great deal of good will and free time has gone into material production and distribution . |
| 28 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 29 | Modern sequence and old time dancing , Village Hall , 8pm . |
| 30 | Perhaps after a long and unpleasant time in various German prison camps in Bavaria , Czechoslovakia and Brunswick , where the prisoners had been subjected to very severe bombing raids in which a number of them were killed , he had lost some of his characteristically boyish expression , but his sense of humour had n't suffered . |