Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone was keen to work hard at seeing as much as possible in the time given — including some places not normally open to the public , for which Martin Randall had made special arrangements . |
| 2 | All those who were kind enough to offer me hospitality wanted me to see as much as possible in the time when I was not teaching . |
| 3 | Any way that you can think of that will help to get these axes right because most of the time it 's going to be this sort of thing I mean you said , Do you want me to work it you know use the graph or just work it out from this . |
| 4 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
| 5 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |
| 6 | This will do no good for Amsterdam 's tourist trade and London will be wetter than average for the time of year . |
| 7 | Mr Guerin 's lawyer said he had advised Mr Guerin to say as little as possible for the time being . |