Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can save a great deal of time when they are being worked in the field . |
| 2 | If the Apple/Microsoft system can be made to work on both PCs and Macintoshes and is actually delivered within a reasonable space of time then it may become a second standard . |
| 3 | The evidence shows that animals can vary their size extremely rapidly in a short space of time when they become , for example , geographically isolated from the main herd . |
| 4 | I had to go and collect grandma you see to take her to the station , and I did n't have an awful lot of time so I just sort of ran round and collected whatever I got . |
| 5 | If we make the more realistic assumption that it takes a finite period of time then we have to take into account the fact that replacement of the lower lithosphere by hot asthenosphere during extension will lead to heat being conducted laterally into unextended , and therefore unthinned , lithosphere , as well as vertically into the overlying upper lithosphere ( Fig. 4.17 ( C ) ) . |
| 6 | To compensate , the latter category are allowed longer slices of time when they are selected to use the processor . |
| 7 | Erm , and , and I think sadly , as well the problem is that if this recession does go on for any length of time then we will be losing many of our |
| 8 | ‘ If we are going to stay here , in New York , for any length of time then I 'm going to need to buy some clothes , ’ she told him , grimly trying to ignore the sick feeling in her stomach . |