Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | erm the advertisements themselves called a great caused a great furore because erm Tampax was a fairly new invention and because of the sexual and social mores of the time they were n't considered very nice . |
2 | A good part of the time you spend airborne is devoted to mastering that seemingly magic characteristic . |
3 | Granted , he does have five- bedroom house in Bayswater ; he is married to one of the most powerful women in publishing ; but his children go to state schools , a good deal of the time he wears clothes from Marks & Spencer and he does not drive a car . |
4 | A good deal of the time he or she can get it the first time . |
5 | Since friars were the pre-eminent preachers of the time they were particularly enlisted to explain , in public and private sermons , the legitimacy of the king 's claim on the French crown and to stress his almost superhuman efforts to avoid conflict ; preachers were to elaborate on French treachery , exposing their ‘ derogatory lies ’ . |
6 | But although he was beaten for pace quite a few times , it seemed that alot of the time he was out of position . |
7 | Ninety nine percent of the time they 've got copy that exists . |
8 | And I would tell you ninety nine percent of the time we get it and you know we s we s we do agree a date . |
9 | ninety five percent of the time it worked . |
10 | What I am trying to illustrate is the fact that teachers will mostly admit , if they are feeling bold enough , that they want to feel that they are doing something important , that other people think so too , that a fair bit of the time they are doing it well , and that they are getting better at it . |
11 | ‘ Have you any idea of the time you left the carpark ? ’ |
12 | In addition it was to be hoped that Max could come up with some fairly definite cause of death ; and it was even possible ( if only just ) that the surgeon might throw caution to the wind for once and volunteer a tentative approximation of the time it had actually happened . |