Example sentences of "[verb] [det] time ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formal nursing courses reflect these concerns , but there is at present no mechanism for updating the knowledge of those who qualified some time ago . |
| 2 | Observations from the Earth of the east-west motion of small features in the Jovian clouds led some time ago to a sidereal rotation period for the equatorial region of 9h 50m 30.003s , and 9h 55m 40.632s for the rest of Jupiter . |
| 3 | It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago . |
| 4 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 5 | Completed some time ago , the government then held up its publication when the Spycatcher affair erupted , so that it could not be accused of double standards in trying to ban Wright 's book while giving Hinsley 's the nod . |
| 6 | Yeah you mean some time ago ? |
| 7 | Maybe your financial position has changed recently and plans you made some time ago need reviewing . |
| 8 | Intel was the last to join the RISC bandwagon , Slater notes — repeating a comment made some time ago by Intels ' Dave House , that RISC was ‘ the last hope of the have-nots ’ — now it seems Intel is the have-not of the RISC marketplace . |
| 9 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 10 | To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced . |
| 11 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 12 | ‘ It was arranged some time ago . ’ |
| 13 | In this case , the meeting was arranged some time ago . |
| 14 | Although the London conference was arranged some time ago it became an opportunity for the princess to deliver her pledge in a speech re-written in the past day or two . |
| 15 | When similar problems arose some time ago your predecessor Inspector Pinder and PC Shaw from Cabus came to a Parish Council meeting to advise us on what steps could be taken and there was some improvement . |
| 16 | Some of the others were wounded some time ago . |
| 17 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 18 | I could do with you on my permanent staff — but I think that these articles will hit home , cause a stir , such a stir as Henry Mayhew created some time ago when he , too , wrote of the cabined and confined lives of the capital 's poor . |
| 19 | The two tier system mentioned some time ago was needed now and a greater standard of excellence was essential in practical embalming . |
| 20 | Another and equally disconcerting presence had materialized there — one which she had attempted to diminish some time ago and send packing from her thoughts . |
| 21 | I purchased some Caulerpa serptularoides some time ago , but it was devoured before it had a chance to become established . |
| 22 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 23 | A lot of erm group one plans are , there are about ten thousand plans that are showing an arrears status at the moment , and premium has been missed some time ago , it 's not a , not a current premium , which means on the fifteenth of June or the first of July we will automatically go in and pick up two premiums , we 'll t we 'll try and collect the arrears without having notified the client of it in any way at all . |
| 24 | ‘ I had noticed some time ago that the shoemaker had a beautiful daughter and the more I saw of her , the more I liked her . ’ |
| 25 | He pointed out that modifying the credit acquisition policies might have only a minimal effect , since most of the losses were from cases accepted some time ago . |
| 26 | It is now diminishing as metric sizes were adopted some time ago . |
| 27 | BOSS ME-6 & ME-10 BOSS 's success in the effects pedal market was expanded some time ago with the introduction of the ME-5 and BE-5 multipedals . |
| 28 | Second arrival was the nose section of Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ579 , last seen some time ago at Farnborough . |
| 29 | Well first let me say erm in answer to a question you put some time ago , what is it what is in this budget for the people of Oxfordshire , and all you got from both Councillor Waldon and Councillor Barnes was a list of the cuts . |
| 30 | So , a P E P is erm er introduced by er Mr Lawson , who you might remember some time ago had er a job as the Chancellor and is now working part-time in the City . |