Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 2 | Incomes policies were seen as crucial to help solve our problems , yet over and over again governments found that political pressures made these very difficult to sustain for any length of time . |
| 3 | Frankly there just is n't the money to go around , and kids are being made to suffer for long periods of time er for operations which really could be done if only they had the money . |
| 4 | He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time . |
| 5 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 6 | The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had , in this case , been neglectful , and Charlie was looking , though that he did not know , where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began . |
| 7 | The research therefore sets out : 1 ) to examine the interrelationship of industrial and agrarian protest in the West of England , with particular regard to the changing fortunes of the textile and agricultural economies for the period 1750-1850 ; 2 ) to identify by systematic comparison over time and space within the region how community structures and politics shaped the form and incidence of protest within the wider context of community and industrial relations ; 3 ) to examine the reaction and perception of both county and central government to disorder in different communities . |
| 8 | The first stage being the establishment , the next stage being penetration , the third stage being damage , what actually produces the damage in the disease , and the fourth stage is , if the disease is going to last for any period of time the ability of the organism to persist . |
| 9 | Whatever type of path you intend to lay , you will have to give it a proper foundation if it is to last for any length of time . |
| 10 | Will you have enough to do for that length of time . |
| 11 | ‘ Care management could be quite a restrictive task to do over any length of time . |
| 12 | Saints again struggled to get going in the second half and had to wait until three minutes from time for their final try through Hunte after numerous handling mistakes . |
| 13 | The binoculars should be powerful enough for you to see what you want but not so bulky that you find them too heavy and awkward to hold for any length of time . |
| 14 | Leather is perhaps most comfortable to hold for any length of time , although colourful nylon leashes have become very popular during recent years . |
| 15 | Working with district health authorities they may offer some new solutions to longstanding problems , give greater priority to local need , and enable the development of services with the capacity to respond to changing needs over time . |
| 16 | I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters . |
| 17 | Claudia started more coffee , reflecting that if Dana was going to stay for any length of time she would need fresh supplies . |
| 18 | If she was going to stay for any length of time , she was going to need some furniture at least , she thought frowningly . |
| 19 | It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination . |
| 20 | They led by 14 points at the break only to dry up three minutes from time when they were 58–42 ahead leaving Paul Carr to hit the last ten points of the game and be top scorer on 28 points . |
| 21 | We regularly go over the speed limit just to get to these places on time , and we ca n't afford to take the risk . |
| 22 | Eventually , he was forced to hobble off nine minutes from time though he reported that he should be fit for England 's looming World Cup campaign . |
| 23 | She hoped a fortnight was enough : she knew it was supposed to take about that length of time to get over chicken-pox , but perhaps it was more serious for adults . |
| 24 | The development of the inter-bank market enabled banks to lend for specified periods of time , repayment to coincide with what they expected to be periods of shortage . |