Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he had n't been treated ‘ badly ’ , but had , like Jenco and Jacobsen , been chained by one or both ankles for most of the time . |
| 2 | It must be remembered that in most cases for most of the time the function of the judge with the help of the jury if there is one ) is to ascertain the facts . |
| 3 | Æthelred 's henchmen were perhaps able to stifle or ignore discontent for much of the time , but even so it had its price . |
| 4 | If this cycle obtains , then it is argued that government is controlled , and public policy is congruent with the wishes of the majority of the electorate for most of the time . |
| 5 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |
| 6 | In his particular style of demi-caractère dance he used classical footwork for most of the time but , from the waist upwards through the body , arms and head , he tried to convey how his performers worked and played in the environment to which they belonged . |
| 7 | Compared with the press and radio , however , the TV audience remained very mixed : most viewers watched most channels for some of the time . |
| 8 | Dahl for much of the time in Dresden , in the same house as the German Romantic painter Caspar David Griedrich , and both were dazzled and bewitched by the golden luminosity of Italy . |
| 9 | If drainage is too efficient , however , little water may be present in the regolith for much of the time and rates of weathering will consequently be reduced . |
| 10 | A fine attacking batsman , he had been in the England team for much of the time since making his debut in 1982 , but after his four centuries in the summer of 1984 he had disappointed too often and his average scarcely reflected his ability — in 57 Tests he had made just over 3,000 runs at 34 before the tour began . |
| 11 | ‘ The track was drying out quite quickly when I did my best lap particularly on the climb up towards Casino Square where most of the cars are on full throttle for most of the time . |
| 12 | In fact copepods , notably Calanoides acutus , Calanus propinquus and Rhincalanus gigas , form the bulk of the zooplankton for much of the time ( Voronina , 1966 , 1968 ; Hopkins , 1971 ) . |
| 13 | Unlikely to be using whereas if they were using the treble clef for most of the time |
| 14 | Mandru had been away on business for much of the time since Lucien had arrived , so performances had been few . |
| 15 | Generators powered by a free energy source can be left on all the time , perpetually recharging the batteries and , provided they are of an adequate size , can handle the charging demand of all but the largest yachts for most of the time . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs for some of the time and people have been sloping off early , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The fears of the British textile industry preoccupied British officials for much of the time between 1948 and 1950 . |
| 18 | Okay , it goes onto the main primary agenda for most of the time . |
| 19 | THE social order of the European high Middle Ages was characterized by an immense number of local subsistence economies , with relatively little intercommunication for much of the time . |
| 20 | With the swimming cap and goggles on , I could hardly recognize myself , certainly not from a distance , and I also intended to be under water for most of the time . |
| 21 | So usually one or other of the parent birds must stay with the eggs for most of the time . |
| 22 | Although Law , Charlton , Best etc. were on show , I was so scared of the mob around me I kept my head down most of the time , although I seem to remember we drew 2–2 . |
| 23 | Possible answers were never , occasionally , quarter to half of the time , usually , or always . |
| 24 | By way of contrast , the British campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars and in the Second World War were fought , perforce , with a Maritime strategy for most of the time ; but , as the Continental school rightly points out , final victory was won on the Continent at Waterloo in 1815 and in north-west Europe in 1945 . |
| 25 | As both parents spoke to him in Punjabi for most of the time this did not seem surprising . |
| 26 | Problems of authenticity are not so great or modern art as for other periods , even if a gifted forger like the painter Elmir de Horty can fool some of the people for some of the time . |
| 27 | A stubborn Armagh defence clearly frustrated Portadown 's attacking edge for most of the time and the visitors took full advantage of their rare intrusions into Portadown territory . |
| 28 | If Len was away in the Army for most of the time , Bridget would scarcely be any safer than before . |
| 29 | I live directly opposite to them , and there were two of their neighbours who effectively unable to carry on a normal life throughout most of the time that they were there . |
| 30 | We fought like hell for most of the time . |