Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amount of colour developed during a fixed time is proportional to the tissue type plasminogen activator activity in the sample . |
| 2 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 3 | The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists . |
| 4 | For example , it has for a long time been generally accepted by students of organisation that any organisation is likely to need a number of rules and procedures to guide the behaviour of organisational members . |
| 5 | The geographical concentration of the relatively high per capita income services — especially in finance — in London and the South East has for a long time been a feature of the British economy [ Brown , 1972 ] . |
| 6 | Special education has for a long time been fertile ground for curricula based on linear models of learning , guided and assessed through hierarchies of objectives . |
| 7 | Safety , which has for a long time been assumed to be at odds with commercial considerations , is now a business interest . |
| 8 | High acidity of the duodenal contents has for a long time been found to be associated with gastric metaplasia , both in humans and in laboratory animals . |
| 9 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 10 | A TOTALLY PSYCHEDELIC GUY , aged 16 , who lives for a good time is out to see if there are any zany females into Pink Floyd , Cult and The Who . |
| 11 | However , the demand for the relevant , the practical , and the vocational that was part of the raison d'être of the GCSE has at the same time been answered in a different way , which may in the end prove embarrassing to the DES and the SEC , and may seem to promise yet another shift of power . |
| 12 | But — with exceptions of course — it has at the same time been unable or unwilling to devote enough time and effort to understanding and pursing financial and accounting matters , perhaps because these often lack the immediate and general glamour of other aspects of policies . |
| 13 | Young ladies being presented for the first time were known as debutantes . |
| 14 | Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past . |
| 15 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 16 | Why so many of the other directors chose to sell at the same time is not known to me . |
| 17 | The water car transferred at the same time was not numbered . |
| 18 | It is not yet clear how many of the almost 80 other prisoners freed at the same time were held for political reasons . |
| 19 | The state of siege imposed at the same time was , however , extended by 30 days by a vote of the legislative assembly on Feb. 8 . |
| 20 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 21 | The other two mammal species which bred for the first time were a pair of Geoffroy 's marmoset which had one youngster , and the cheetah female , Angie , who produced four cubs . |
| 22 | There was also a section where goods not redeemed within the allotted time were for sale . |
| 23 | Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session . |
| 24 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
| 25 | ‘ What we must have at the same time is a greater level of consistency and the kind of spirit that was evident against Rangers . ’ |
| 26 | It was a typical paradox that now , when he could , had he wished , have stayed for the whole autumn , he should leave before the allotted time was up . |
| 27 | THE number of marriages between a divorcee and someone who is marrying for the first time is on the slide . |
| 28 | There had for a long time been publicly expressed unease in the United Kingdom about the unsatisfactory training of people treating the diseases of animals , whether they were farriers in the sense of being shoeing-smiths acting as horse-doctors , or were medical practitioners — physicians , or more especially surgeons — who had , partly or completely , left human medicine for the less crowded and potentially more lucrative ( if less socially acceptable ) field of animal medicine . |
| 29 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 30 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |