Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [adj] time [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It is very often assumed , particularly by non-technical persons , that a product is tested for stability and that after a certain time a result is obtained proving stability of the product and/or pack . |
2 | However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front . |
3 | He loved life , and for a long time the force was with him . |
4 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
5 | But Joseph had always been very devoted to any local news and for a long time the talk of the town had been the Cockermouth man — Fletcher Christian 's — Mutiny . |
6 | One might call this ‘ applied phonology ’ ; however , the phonological analysis of different languages raises a great number of difficult and interesting theoretical problems , and for a long time the study of phonology ‘ for its own sake ’ has been regarded as an important area of theoretical linguistics . |
7 | Accumulated errors were to be erased from the holy books , services were to be conducted in a more intelligible manner , sermons were to be encouraged , and scholarship was to be actively fostered in a number of monasteries ; at the same time , new saints were canonized , clergy and laity alike urged to observe the prescribed fasts , and for a brief time the government even went to the lengths of closing the taverns . |
8 | When they left the hospital he studied Ling 's list , and within a short time the purchases had been made , the sausages being stored in a coolbox to keep them cool . |
9 | If the buyer subsequently retains the goods without objection , it may be taken to have accepted the offer ; however , if within a reasonable time the buyer responds making clear that it does not accept the seller 's terms , it will make a counter offer and will not be bound by the seller 's terms . |
10 | This fire grew very rapidly and in a short time the port wing was burnt away . |
11 | Our expansion had necessitated the leasing of more expensive equipment and in a short time the café was losing a lot of money . |
12 | Pondering on her invitation , suddenly the idea came to me that my collection of quotations and prayers could form the basis of a helpful book , and in a short time an anthology took shape under the title of Journey for a Soul . |
13 | Wordsworth continues to watch , but for a long time the figure refuses to move . |
14 | Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion . |
15 | In the modern Hebrew Bible all numbers are written out in full , but for a long time the text was written without vowels . |
16 | I accept that the number of immigration officers at Heathrow has increased , but for a long time the numbers employed were well below what was required . |
17 | His mother and a council of nobles were appointed to act as Regents , but in a short time the queen had fallen out with her colleagues , not least because she was an avowed supporter of the house of York , while several of them stood for Lancaster . |