Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] in [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The lowest , most general , and most unambiguously useful level consists in the employment of a computer to perform a humdrum task in less time than would be possible for an unaided human : the search through a text for a quotation , the determination of a word frequency , the construction and analysis of a contingency table , the classification of iconic data . |
2 | At X itself there are heteroclinic orbits ( orbits which tend towards one stationary point in forward time and to another in backward time ) linking all three stationary points . |
3 | ‘ I do n't think Manchester had too many chances in extra time and a Falconer goal would have won it for us . |
4 | Clearly , these republics will apply for admission into the United Nations in due time and we shall define our views at that time . |
5 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
6 | They cost the country a small fortune in lost time and health care every year , but only a limited few of prescribed ind industrial diseases are recognized . |
7 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
8 | They can work at speed , and make several passes in less time than it would take to plough the same area with mould-board equipment . |
9 | I saw clouds passing swiftly by and I sensed my own movement in another time and space . |
10 | You could put Skinner down in front of any audience in any time and place and he would have it in stitches ’ The Guardian . |
11 | One of the finest of all , ‘ Gelosia ’ , published in 1646 , opens with a great passionate outburst : which is followed by a nine-bar aria in triple time and a fast arioso ; the whole scheme is then twice repeated , very freely . |