Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst exports to the dollar area rose by three times in current terms between 1947 and 1951 , as a share of total exports the increase ( from 11.5 to 14.5 per cent ) was only marginal . |
| 2 | When he got a passport of his own , if they still had the sort Jarvis had by that time , he was going to write ‘ lion tattoo on back ’ under ‘ distinguishing marks ’ . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , obsession with the size of public sector borrowing requirements began at this time . |
| 4 | The Boston economy expanded rapidly during the 1970s and the shift from a manufacturing to a service base accelerated during that time . |
| 5 | When newspaper owners ran into hard times in the 1960s , and tried to save money by introducing new printing technologies , the printers fought long and hard to preserve their jobs and status . |
| 6 | Eric commented that trade at JHL was steady and that two JP s had for some time been seen as a luxury , so they were pleased to release G-JETP . |
| 7 | The bakery closed , the steel works went on short time . |
| 8 | Trade unions had for some time been supporting candidates for the House of Commons and spending union funds for this purpose . |
| 9 | Another journey Chapman made at this time was to Scotland , to watch Neil Dewar of Third Lanark . |
| 10 | Unfortunately the bed manufacturer had during that time increased the price to £120 each and this was their only source of supply . |
| 11 | Inside the plant , levels of radiation in the abandoned reactor building rose to many times the lethal level . |
| 12 | Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world . |
| 13 | As the sea level rose in Post-glacial times two conflicting physical processes took place : a tendency for the sea to invade the area and to leave behind extensive deposits of marine silt and a tendency for a large-scale development of peat in the districts furthest away from the sea . |
| 14 | By subtracting the slow rate at which the planet 's surface is rising in the Barbados area , known from previous geological work onshore , he could work out where sea level stood at different times in the past . |
| 15 | Frequency of liquid stool incontinence ranged from three times day to once a week ( mean 0.92 episodes/day ) . |