Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | The interest rates are low at the present time . |
| 3 | FAMILY SIZE — Though , in other contexts , it may refer to the size of the family ( i.e. the number of family members ) , in connection with fertility studies it usually denotes the number of live births to a woman ( sometimes only those children who are alive at a given time , e.g. at the time of the observation ) . |
| 4 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 5 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 6 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 7 | He says ; They are some of the best times I have ever had . |
| 8 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 9 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 10 | But they are pastoral at the same time , as you are constantly made aware , and nowhere more so than up here on the lofty Plateau d'Iraty , where several roads meet . |
| 11 | Whatever you choose , you 're sure of a good time . |
| 12 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |
| 13 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 14 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 15 | But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born . |
| 16 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 17 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 18 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 19 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 20 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 21 | I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off |
| 22 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 23 | Although no separate figures are yet available on short-term care facilities , the consensus is that they are inadequate at the present time . |
| 24 | Many of the classic economic and social indicators of fertility decline had been present for a long time in nineteenth-century Britain . |
| 25 | Because the spores are viable for a short time , Laboulbeniales are effectively restricted to arthropod hosts that have overlapping generations , especially in temperate regions ; that is they can not easily establish relations with those insects in which all the adults die at the end of the summer , with the species surviving in the form of larvae or pupae . |
| 26 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
| 27 | There is no point in reading quickly , however , unless you are able at the same time to take in the meaning of what you are reading . |
| 28 | Whether senior buyers are able at the same time to exercise an influencing and decision making role will depend on organisational factors . |
| 29 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 30 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done at Maastricht in limiting the powers of the Commission , about which my constituents have been concerned for a long time ? |