Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj -er] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 2 | The course is being offered initially to some 100 IBM staff and participants will have the opportunity to gain credit for their prior learning thus enabling the course to be completed in a shorter time . |
| 3 | Corners can be cut on flowers and remember , the flowers at the reception are going to be seen for a longer time than those in the church . |
| 4 | These courses could not be done in a shorter time so they were normally arranged for a time of year when there was less pressure of work on those participating . |
| 5 | to save time : organisations make it possible for objectives to be reached in a shorter time . |
| 6 | Furniture and furnishings in Parma show a strong French influence , too , being Parmesan adaptations of the Empire style ; and the local dialect has numerous words which are purely French ( although these must have been imported at an earlier time , perhaps under the Bourbons in the eighteenth century ) — armoir for armadio ( a wardrobe ) , vin for vino , boucho for tappo ( a cork ) , artichaut for carciofo ( an artichoke ) , and so on . |
| 7 | for example , the maintenance of blood pressure when changing from a lying to a standing position is achieved less rapidly as we age ; as a result the blood supply to the brain is decreased for a longer time and there is a greater tendency to feel dizzy . |
| 8 | He made notes and said that if he had a key to the house he 'd be able to plan what was needed in a shorter time . |
| 9 | As they fall , as in the example given , they merely replace what was lost in an earlier time period . |
| 10 | This experiment was conducted over a longer time period ( ten days ) , starting with young plants . |
| 11 | The card deck , together with the output generated by the job , was returned at a later time . |