Example sentences of "[adj] minutes of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put these figures in perspective , the Sun 's angular diameter is 32 minutes of arc , a little over half a degree . |
| 2 | This single DG disc , incidentally , contains 74 minutes of music . |
| 3 | A machine dating from 1908 which was designed to give eight minutes of reproduction from cylinder records . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I 'm so pleased , ’ Fabia replied , and after some minutes of speaking of Barney 's condition , ‘ How are you ? ’ she asked . |
| 5 | erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost . |
| 6 | Small pieces ( about 3×2 cm ) of resected colon were obtained within 30 minutes of removal from patients having colectomy for cancer or diverticular disease , and placed in ice cold Krebs-Henseleit buffer at pH 7.4 ( Sigma Chemical Co , Poole , UK ) containing 11.1 mM glucose , gentamicin 100 µg/ml and nystatin 60 µ/ml,; which was pregassed with 95% O 2 /5% CO 2 . |
| 7 | In their publicity for ‘ 20th Century Plus ’ , Collins Classics has been saying that each disc in the series ‘ contains around 30 minutes of music ’ . |
| 8 | It took 30 minutes of argument , a great deal of soothing of apparently hurt professional pride , and not a little money to persuade Chela that it was time to call it a night , alone . |
| 9 | After 30 minutes of flight time , Dick felt comfortable enough to join up on our wing so a picture could be made which commemorated the moment . |
| 10 | Basal acid output per hour was calculated by doubling the acid output during the 30 minutes of infusion of saline only . |
| 11 | After a briefing session from Motson , they all go solo for 30 minutes of commentary on England v Brazil at Wembley . |
| 12 | He was allowed forty minutes of peace before the patient made herself heard again . |
| 13 | He reckoned he had done well to get away with two cups of tea and forty minutes of reminiscence before an opening arose to thrust in a question . |
| 14 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 15 | What will be a few minutes of footage on the screen took all day to film . |
| 16 | Well what did you get up to this morning in your few minutes of freedom ? |
| 17 | But if , in spite of your precautions , a fire breaks out , a smoke alarm can give those precious few minutes of warning which increase the chances of you and your family getting out safely . |
| 18 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 19 | A few minutes of air time on a small radio station ? |
| 20 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 21 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 22 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 23 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 24 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 25 | A few minutes of television time was so precious . |
| 26 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 27 | I am writing to tell you what those few minutes of destruction will now mean and to ask for your urgent help to stop this needless forest massacre before it is too late . |
| 28 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 29 | And could anyone imagine that in order to get those few minutes of screen imagery in the can , the three of them inhaled 1O5 real joints of excellent quality Mexican grass ? |
| 30 | If you want to stop at seventy three point six million erm pounds we 're quite happy to erm and I suggest Chairman if if we do n't get the the main er growth savings through at the next few minutes of voting that perhaps a rather longer lunch erm maybe there would be some . |