Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb -s] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that the contract contains a simple time limit clause such as : The Buyer will notify the Seller of any claim it may have against the Seller for breach of contract within three days of delivery and that the seller delivers short of the required quantity and the goods are later found to suffer from a latent defect . |
| 2 | If the University requires a prime time slot on , for example , a Saturday , it may be necessary for the Club to seek sponsorship . |
| 3 | Most parents graduate to giving one warning after the initial command so that the child has a little time in which to respond but parents need to be very careful that they do n't lapse into nagging to get the child to comply again . |
| 4 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |
| 5 | The process takes a little time to grasp but very soon you will quickly put down on paper a series of " main points " . |
| 6 | When the phone rings a third time answer it . |
| 7 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 8 | Couple this with a quality assessment system which is riddled with jargon and technical description and the caterer has a hard time deciding what he or she is going to buy and from which company . |
| 9 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 10 | The Government faces a difficult time as it prepares to get its legislation on student loans through Parliament . |
| 11 | The poem is too long to quote in its entirety here , but the opening lines should provide a suitable contrast with " The retreate " : Here , a particular incident in the past is being recalled ; so the bulk of the poem has a content time which is separate from the coding time . |
| 12 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 13 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 14 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |