Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Trading is prohibited unless the relevant information and its source is publicly disclosed by press release or otherwise within a reasonable time period prior to any purchase or sale .
2 Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending .
3 Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time .
4 Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time .
5 His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time .
6 Well , of course this option must be open , but the needs of the women who choose to stay at home , if only for a short time , can not be ignored .
7 Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West .
8 Cleaning staff would be employed for that site only , and usually on a full time basis , working to extremely rigorous standards .
9 Each jelly will sway back and forth in a characteristic time , or period , that depends predominantly on its height and consistency .
10 ( 2 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( ‘ the person under investigation ’ ) or any other person whom he has reason to believe has relevant information to answer questions or otherwise furnish information with respect to any matter relevant to the investigation at a specified place and either at a specified time or forthwith .
11 In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) .
12 The Pilkington float process , metal skis , xerography , are success stories , but only after a long time period , much effort and many technical difficulties .
13 This does erupt , but not to a defined time schedule .
14 He shrugged his shoulders , ‘ At times I like to speak English , but not for a long time .
15 ‘ Before , but not for a long time now , ’ Maggie admitted reluctantly and Rose did not want to learn any more .
16 It is a combination that I have used in the past but not for a long time , although blue and white stripes in fabrics are a perennial favourite of mine .
17 Been to it before but not for a long time .
18 He is a union member and he was aware of all the advantages of belonging to a union but somehow for a long time it never occurred to me how to get it all started , how it was possible .
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