Example sentences of "than [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the time of year is less important than the time of the shift . |
| 2 | Deep sleep appears to be a response to our life-style and reflects the amount of prior wakefulness much more than the time of day when sleep is taken . |
| 3 | Its Military Committee , which the victors of 1945 had once hoped ( for little more than the time it takes to shake hands ) would in future enforce peace at the head of a world army , remained a jobless phantom . |
| 4 | Her Cloaths are fewer than the Time before . |
| 5 | For every evening wasted in the contemplation of Tubular Bells we spent no more than the time it takes to finish a vodka-and-lime soaking up Sugar Baby Love by the Rubettes . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never been more depressed than the time I was sent off against Hibs . |
| 7 | We live in an age of media saturation where the attention span bestowed on images and voices on the screen may be far greater during the years of maturation than the time and attention given to more traditional bulwarks of a civilised society . |
| 8 | The idea that anything can last for ever is nonsense , and if that 's what happens with Kiss , then fair enough ; if it does n't mean anything more to anyone than the time the band was functioning then that 's also perfectly fine with me . ’ |
| 9 | However , notice of this election must be given to the Inland Revenue not later than the time of the appeal made against the Schedule E assessment containing the disputed benefit figure . |
| 10 | A lot faster than the time it takes to tell ! ’ |
| 11 | The time spent near novel first-cousins was significantly greater than the time spent near both the familiar and novel siblings and novel unrelated individuals . |
| 12 | In the following sentence the narrator comments on what happened a week later than the time of the lady 's speech , from the point of view of his context at the time of writing his contribution to the novel , In a week afterwards … |
| 13 | This is clearly a mistake for 1.21 a.m. which is itself earlier than the time stated by the inspector . |
| 14 | I had more important things to worry about than the time . ’ |
| 15 | ( iv ) No creditor can vote at any meeting unless he has lodged with the official receiver not later than the time mentioned for this purpose in the notice convening the meetings a proof of debt , that is , a statement in the appropriate form ( see Chapter 9 ) of the amount claimed by him as due to him and the claim has been admitted for the , purpose of entitlement to vote ( r 6.93(1) ) . |
| 16 | A proxy which the holder intends to use at any meeting of creditors must be lodged with the official receiver not later than the time mentioned for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting or the adjourned meeting . |
| 17 | They measure the seasons by the changing day length , as may be demonstrated by keeping migratory birds under artificial day length conditions : they then migrate at a time dictated by their experienced day length , rather than the time of year . |
| 18 | I was a little later than the time Edouard mentioned . |
| 19 | This is much longer than the time since the big bang , which is a mere ten thousand million years or so ( 1 followed by ten zeros ) . |
| 20 | He had never seen anyone or anything quite so beautiful in his life ; instantly , in less than the time it took her to walk from one side of the room to the other , he knew he loved her . |
| 21 | I could remember nothing further back than the time I was walking over that miserable plain . |
| 22 | In time of special and genuine difficulty the Council will of course be prepared to extend the period for submitting applications but bodies must seek approval for a late application no later than the time when the application normally would be due . |
| 23 | A few years later than the time Rolle was writing , Langland made verbal play with the paradox to point to the transcending truth that Will perceives . |
| 24 | Were he to do so , it would mean that should he take any step later than the time specified in the clause then however slight the delay and however little it affected the tenant , he would lose the benefit of the clause for the next five , seven or ten years or whatever the intervals for revision might be . |
| 25 | Where the plaintiff is under a disability , he can not accept a payment into court without approval under RSC Ord 80 , r11 or CCR Ord 10 , r10 which is likely to take place later than the time limited for accepting the payment in . |
| 26 | I wonder if they might have anything do n't know whether they sell other than the time |
| 27 | The Queen 's argument was that , if something was n't done about it in less than no time , she 'd have everybody executed , all round . |
| 28 | And in less than no time the weeks passed and the memories of that dreaded party were only a vaguely uneasy thought in the sealed-off recesses of Robyn 's mind . |