Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [adj] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strategically sited wind-breaks reduce the impact of strong winds and provide more vulnerable plants with essential shelter for a distance many times the height of the wind-break . |
| 2 | Cases were sometimes adjourned repeatedly , with a review each time the child reappeared in court . |
| 3 | I worked out in a gym three times a week but when my fitness was tested for the BBC 's The Fitness Programme ( which , embarrassingly , I was presenting ) , it was discovered that although my biceps were passable , my heart and lungs were unaffected by my muscle conditioning . |
| 4 | In many circumstances the service to the University may have been over a period several times the 3 years of undergraduate study . |
| 5 | Pointing to the Conservative Party 's own canvassing returns which show that they have a 20pc lead over Labour he added : ‘ Our own returns based on a sample twenty times the size of The Northern Echo survey show a quite different picture . |
| 6 | Pointing to the Conservative Party 's own canvassing returns which show that they have a 20pc lead over Labour he added : ‘ Our own returns based on a sample twenty times the size of The Northern Echo survey show a quite different picture . |
| 7 | She was looking at Aggie now , and Aggie said , ‘ Well , there will be holidays , dear , there will be holidays ; ’ then turning to the Mother Superior , added firmly , ‘ she 'll have to come on a holiday three times a year , other wise it 's no go . ’ |
| 8 | In the very early stages the white hole appears to expand at a rate several times the speed of light , as I explain in an article written with R. C. Kapoor in Astrophysics and Space Sciences ( vol 53 , p 155 ) . |