Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Birds can also detect much smaller intervals of time than us . |
| 32 | Travel back into those mists of time and you will meet many who have gone before and who also may have experienced these sudden sea frets , for that is what these mists are . |
| 33 | And thirdly we have to satisfy you that in the circumstances of the operation the police were justified in restraining Mr with handcuffs for the short period of time that he was restrained and in addition Mrs who you will remember was restrained in her lounge , she was told she could n't leave the lounge , again for a few minutes . |
| 34 | You can borrow small sums for a short period of time or you can borrow large amounts for many years , such as a mortgage . |
| 35 | As I work in the Middle East , I usually only have a short space of time while I 'm home to sort out my musical needs and Colin from my local store , Heads Hands and Feet , has helped me tremendously over the years . |
| 36 | Such was the improvement in turbo cars in such a short space of time that they were soon capable of producing anything up to 1300 b.h.p . |
| 37 | In the very short space of time that we have available this afternoon there are three subjects that I need simply to bring to the attention of Synod . |
| 38 | He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths . |
| 39 | The fact is , it 's condensed into a very short space of time so you have n't got much chance to think . |
| 40 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |
| 41 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 42 | Eventually , he was forced to hobble off nine minutes from time though he reported that he should be fit for England 's looming World Cup campaign . |
| 43 | Alan Knight made a stunning reflex save from Phillips five minutes from time and it looked as though Boro were on the way out . |
| 44 | Jesus had so much to communicate to people in such a small amount of time as we 've realised yes you can look upon the miracle of the cure of the blind man 's sight . |
| 45 | The nucleus of a 14 C atom is unstable so there is a finite probability at any instant in time that it will decay . |
| 46 | This process whereby financial intermediaries lend for longer periods of time than they borrow is known as maturity transformation . |
| 47 | They can be encouraged to sit for gradually longer and longer periods of time until they can finish their meal in one sitting . |
| 48 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 49 | As part of the deal with AA , he was required to stay with the firm for the same period of time that he had spent in the US . |
| 50 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |
| 51 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 52 | ‘ I find it impossible to make my hair look neat and stylish for any length of time because it is so difficult to manage . |
| 53 | At particular market in time whilst we agree as the board that we should employ someone and we intend to employ someone we just think at this particular moment in time it is very difficult for us to actually raise that sort of money on a regular basis . |
| 54 | Second , under the proposals , established partners who anticipate retiring after the five-year transitional relief has expired will pay tax in respect of a greater period of time than they have actually been a partner . |
| 55 | To do that , it assesses the difference in intensity of the sound in each ear and the infinitesimal difference in time that it takes to reach one ear before the other . |
| 56 | Well the servants three servants are given one talent and their master tells them to erm do with it what they could in a certain space of time and he would reward them . |
| 57 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 58 | And then they had to be a for a certain length of time before they would be a master joiner . |
| 59 | Now , you 'll notice the numbers in the brackets are some indication of the amount of time that we spent , the relative amount of time that we 've spent on the subjects . |
| 60 | A whole world of time before we have to think of that . ’ |