Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument for seasonally adjusting monthly unemployment figures is that only then can the observer tell whether a given monthly increase in unemployment is the normal variation for that time of year or an unusual rise which policy-makers should be concerned about . |
| 2 | And I can tell you this : I 'm amazed at your new modern outlook ; I 've always known you to be as strait-laced as a Victorian corset and sticking to the narrow principles of that time in which you were brought up . |
| 3 | The heart of the momentous events of that time was that ‘ softening up ’ operations prior to invading or neutralising the island were successfully resisted . |
| 4 | Indeed , if his ( undated ) grant to the abbey of Fécamp ( S 949 ) is genuine , one might suppose that he visited the Norman coast at some time , and his generosity to a foundation which had been particularly favoured by the ducal family ( in 1001 Richard II invited the celebrated monastic reformer William of Dijon to be its abbot ) seems most likely to mean that his relations with them were still satisfactory . |
| 5 | ( b ) Discover the main changes in the European economy of this time . |
| 6 | We asked 422 patients who had used the combined pill at some time about their knowledge of appropriate secondary methods of contraception to be used in the event of forgotten pills , severe vomiting , severe diarrhoea , and concurrent antibiotic treatment . |
| 7 | One of the classic studies of this time was that of the Reykjanes ridge , part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , just south of Iceland . |
| 8 | No Sally 's new at the job , we 've been working at this for for on on the technical front for some time , now let's just sit down and and work out what we 're gon na do . |
| 9 | Until now historians believed that the woolly mammoths of that time could only survive in freezing conditions . |
| 10 | Some US congressmen believe that the Japanese are secretly developing test-tube fusion technology and that the US is already losing the race for the economic bonanza of all time . |
| 11 | The expression ‘ cased in the unfeeling armour of old time ’ exactly represents the impression Wordsworth made on certain observers at a later date ( see Chapter I , p. 42 ) . |
| 12 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 13 | This system will not have the on- line storage capacity to hold the complete OED at one time . |
| 14 | The cool and neutral intellectual who had observed the working class in Spare Time matured during the war . |
| 15 | What did erm how did you find the Labour Party at that time compares with the Labour Party now ? |
| 16 | Anchovies — an important source of protein for animal feed — also mysteriously disappeared from the Peruvian coast around this time . |
| 17 | Pretty Polly was indisputably one of the outstanding racemares of all time . |
| 18 | Also the Hopgrove roundabout itself is being resurfaced right through the day which again is adding to the usual delays for this time of a Tuesday . |
| 19 | On Tuesday evening , the family heard that a housing association had struck a deal with a local farmer to buy a house which will be refurbished , extended and rented to the family , but a last minute call yesterday morning to the Scottish Office for more time to allow the family to move was turned down . |
| 20 | Mecdi has certainly taken Taskopruzade to mean that Molla Fenari held the posts simultaneously , for he adds to Taskopruzade 's statement about his holding the offices the sentence : " He united the aforementioned posts at one time . " |
| 21 | The rate on the free market around this time fluctuated between $1.00=2.6 cruzados and $1.00=3.2 cruzados . |
| 22 | There were two elements in the English Department at that time . |
| 23 | You may see a guy wandering in and out groups and that 's a guy called Geoff who works for the British National Corpus and these are the people who are trying to have or produce ten million words of the written word and a hundred million erm spoken words , which is a corpus whereby , er come and look at the English language at some time in the future and identify and listen to some of your and your dialects and what you said so make sure you have lots of input as we 've got quite a broad spectrum of different dialects today but he 'll be wandering in and out er throughout today . |
| 24 | Holding office in the Association was an important indicator of status in the scientific community by this time . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , one may reasonably presume that the major changes in the marine faunas at this time followed from the regressions caused by the Hercynian orogeny . |
| 26 | Besides , I do n't fancy going fifty miles the wrong way at this time of night . ’ |
| 27 | There was a very significant reduction in the median % of total time the Ph <4 ( 10.7 v 0.8 ; p<0.001 ) . |
| 28 | The revelation is seen to have been essentially unaffected by surrounding circumstances , or indeed the historical circumstances of that time are believed to be revealed to be God 's will for humankind . |
| 29 | He was , and remains , one of the top entertainers of all time . |
| 30 | They were in the top cupboard at one time yes . |