Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’ |
| 2 | With a little bit of extra time you can |
| 3 | If you have been away from nurse education for some time you will be very pleasantly surprised by the much more interactive and civilised approach to learning apparent in most schools and colleges of nursing . |
| 4 | However , where a discriminatory practice has been in operation for some time it may be easier for the Commission for Racial Equality to produce evidence in support of an allegation . |
| 5 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 6 | Mr Edwards also detects caution in employers who are recruiting : ‘ They hire people for a specific period , maybe one or two years , so that at the end of that time they can decide whether or not to renew their contract or make them redundant . |
| 7 | That may be so ; but on the other hand , if the plaintiff 's contention is correct , the solicitor may abstain from delivering his bill for 20 years , and then at the end of that time he may deliver it and sue after the expiration of a month from its delivery . |
| 8 | In another case around this time we can see how different newspapers use familiar but different tags to identify a particular ‘ sex beast ’ . |