Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | British companies had to build their lines between revolutions and had to be prepared to accept the damage to bridges , track , and stations caused by civil war and insurgency , but the opportunities presented in the wheat-growing and stock-rearing of Argentina , the coffee , rubber , and minerals of Brazil , the gold , silver , copper , nitrates , and sheep-farming of Chile , the cattle of Uruguay , and the sugar , coffee , cocoa , tobacco , cotton , and cattle of Venezuela seemed at that time limitless . |
| 2 | The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level . |
| 3 | But in the absence of an increase in the speed of mechanization in the early seventies , the peak rates of accumulation achieved at that time generated peak intensities of demand for labour . |
| 4 | The industrial and commercial development of England had by this time succeeded in ‘ ruralizing ’ the countryside by reducing the economic viability of much small-scale manufacture and domestic handicraft and transferring it to the new system of factory production in the towns . |
| 5 | It resembles the pictures of dancers frozen for all time by the potters who made the Greek vases just to display their feats . |
| 6 | Acid output was calculated by allowing for the amount of juice produced in each time interval , and was expressed as mEq/h . |
| 7 | It added : ‘ This explosion deepens the cracks in a monarchy which a number of Britons have for some time regarded with a mixture of indifference and contempt . ’ |
| 8 | From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon Street , London , in 1838 we get an overview of the types of coffin used at that time : thirty-three are described , of which fourteen styles were for children 's coffins only . |
| 9 | Prices were slightly down on last year , despite the best crop of berries seen for some time . |
| 10 | Percentage of pupils absent at some time during the week in November was 30% . |
| 11 | The science of astronomy had by this time totally undermined the old Ptolemaic system . |
| 12 | ‘ 87 per cent of women work at some time in your lives . ’ |
| 13 | When he sought to appeal , a preliminary objection was raised that an appeal did not lies , as the appeal was in a ‘ criminal cause or matter ’ in respect of which the Court of Appeal had at that time no jurisdiction . |
| 14 | Nassim 's eyes were out like organ stops by this time . |
| 15 | Some of the infected Spaniards joined his army as mercenaries and the massive spread of the disease throughout Europe stemmed from this time . |
| 16 | All other others on these pages are applicable for customers booking at any time . |
| 17 | She still keeps in touch with friends made at that time and sends a copy of the Glenpatrick News to the retired Chief Industrial Engineer , Mr Wyffles . |
| 18 | Presumably it saw service for iron working at some time , although in later life it was used for corn grinding , saw milling , as well as being operated for a time as a maltings . |
| 19 | Everyone in nursing has at some time experienced the abuse of power by someone more senior , and has been hurt by it , yet the system is difficult to modify . |
| 20 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 21 | In 1969 , a number of contributors to " history " had proposed the use of local documentary sources as a remedy for the perceived " crisis " in history teaching at this time . |
| 22 | A model like this can not be a sufficient basis for a convincing explanation of a recurrent phenomenon like linguistic change because both divergence and convergence can be present in language states at any time , or , perhaps , at all times . |
| 23 | Nonetheless , the fact remains that even this frog is dependent upon rains arriving at some time and its active life is , in reality , condensed to that brief moment when the desert is wet . |
| 24 | The chick will not imprint on objects seen after that time . |
| 25 | First of all , you have to ascertain whether your strategy up the first part of the beat will make you want to carry on sailing on starboard tack for some time after the starting signal , or to tack onto port as soon as possible after the start . |
| 26 | I have already written to BBC to plead for more time for Eldorado . |
| 27 | more time spent on devolution resulted in less time spent ‘ running ’ the school — teachers expected to spend their time educating the pupils rather than running a business ; |
| 28 | None of this alters the fact that it is possible to use these adjectives with a tense value distinctively different from that of the preceding verb ; see ( 51 ) and the contrast in ( 52 ) : ( 51 ) we all know Cerrutty to have been fortunate ( 52 ) ( a ) in the test my men showed themselves alert ( b ) in the test my men showed themselves to have been alert In ( 52 ) , ( a ) would naturally be suitable when the men respond promptly during the test , and ( b ) when , for instance , they had been alert in paying attention to instructions given at some time before the test . |
| 29 | The 1987 Act is therefore partly a response to lessons learnt at that time . |
| 30 | All the Met Waafs at Bourn had by this time qualified for their ‘ props ’ , so we were two steps up from the bottom of the ladder and that 's where we stopped . |