Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frieda describes the ‘ Conversion Point ’ as that moment in time when passes from wet to dry . |
| 2 | For example Bergmann et al , 1978 found that 38 per cent of a sample of 83 patients with organic mental disorder referred to a day hospital assessment unit lived alone ; and the authors concluded , after following up the sample for 12 months , that those who lived alone were least likely to be maintained at home for that period of time even with substantial support from social services , and recommended that resources should be concentrated on those who lived with their families . |
| 3 | There are occasional reports in the medical journals of people not sleeping for extended periods of time when suffering from illnesses interfering with brain function . |
| 4 | Gradually the pairing of this warning to time out leads to the warning itself acquiring some punishing properties . |
| 5 | Rape trials have been the subject of this analysis of these changes over time so far . |
| 6 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 7 | That there would be little support for the self-appraisal in terms of any provision of time perhaps emphasized the low priority accorded to it . |
| 8 | These social-work teachers may have a school base ; certainly they would have flexible hours in order that they could meet the needs of young people during times when schools were closed ( early evenings , long holidays ) . |
| 9 | Their letters and diaries have been threaded together to provide a fresh perspective on the lives of young airmen during times when their survival statistics were grim . |
| 10 | ‘ Long periods of racial oppression ’ , he writes , ‘ can result in a system of inequality that may persist for indefinite periods of time even after racial barriers are removed ’ ( p. 146 ) . |
| 11 | If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I simply meant somewhere for Jennifer to go on a regular basis for short periods of time simply to give you both a rest . |
| 14 | It would provide 20,000 temporary jobs per month , especially in rural areas at times when there was less work , and would include a low-cost housing programme , a national food programme , an urban community development programme , and a project to bring help to eastern El Salvador , which he said had suffered most in the last 10 years . |
| 15 | A draw seemed the most likely result until five minutes from time when Caci 's goal-bound shot was parried into the path of Hackney who lobbed home from close range . |
| 16 | This rather defeats its theoretical purpose of putting different types of loan over different periods of time on to an identical basis for comparison . |
| 17 | This sentence contains not simply a report of something said ; but of something said on repeated occasions at times later than the ‘ moment ’ which is being described . |
| 18 | If units of good were constantly being cancelled by units of evil , ultimately mankind could be reverted to any point in time past , even to as far back as the beginning of life . |
| 19 | In a world of perfect competition it would not be possible for managers to deviate from the profit-maximization norm for any length of time even if they were tempted to pursue their own rather than the shareholders ' interests . |
| 20 | Erm , and , and I think sadly , as well the problem is that if this recession does go on for any length of time then we will be losing many of our |
| 21 | ‘ If we are going to stay here , in New York , for any length of time then I 'm going to need to buy some clothes , ’ she told him , grimly trying to ignore the sick feeling in her stomach . |
| 22 | Have you therefore reassessed the western relief road 's benefits on the base that y you will have now at that point in time both a southern A fifty nine , A one link and a southern northern link , if you want it for the A sixty one north of Harrogate . |
| 23 | Management should effect redundancies at one point in time rather than spreading them over a long period . |
| 24 | He told them there was no point in producing a more expensive , national version of City Limits , the Right-On London listings magazine started by former employees of Time Out and helped into the world by the GLC . |