Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When applicable , Taylor 's hypothesis ( Section 19.4 ) can be used to derive a spatial spectrum from an observed time spectrum . |
| 2 | Burying a much loved pet at home can provide great emotional support at a distressing time , but it can also present practical problems |
| 3 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 4 | This may indicate that user interfaces to query structures can not yet replicate human processes of spatial reasoning in a reasonable time , or that in software terms it is inefficient to extend SQL , and that an alternative must be found . |
| 5 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 6 | With the football decider having ended in deadlock Carlow champions Eire Og and O'Donovan Rossa of Cork must meet again this afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick to decide which side lifts the prestigious trophy for a first time . |
| 7 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 8 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 9 | me proper meeting for a long time . |
| 10 | An approach to family functioning which emphasises the interactions of each upon the other and their cumulative impact is essential if we are to understand adequately the position of an old person at a given time . |
| 11 | A may not terminate the contract on the ground that B has committed a breach by not opening a confirmed credit — but he may insist that B opens a confirmed credit within a reasonable time and , if B does not do so , he will then be in breach of contract . |
| 12 | These are all , in effect , tests of manners , not morals , since propriety is a measure of the appropriateness of public behaviour to a particular time or place . |
| 13 | Charles Henstock sat beside his old friend for a short time , his lips moving in prayer . |
| 14 | Larger fish will , however , put up with a freshwater environment for a short time . |
| 15 | As a conscious exercise in boosting public morale at a difficult time there was a real danger of over-indulgence in wishful thinking ; it would be a cruel delusion to anticipate too many rabbits out of the hat , only to be fobbed off by the patter of the conjurer . |
| 16 | But when talking to a different audience at a different time , the Labour party poses as the green party , committing itself to the tough and demanding target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 17 | For Alton , Mike Lake found some improved form after a long time out with injury , to come 899th in 50 mins , 05 secs . |
| 18 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 19 | Saying that the council had been pressing the Scottish Office for a long time to commit itself to a new bridge , the administration leader , John MacDougall , said while welcoming their decision , it was vital that the views of users would be taken into account . |
| 20 | Some palaeontological works are systematic ; that is to say , they describe a particular fossil , or group of fossils ; or they are used stratigraphically , to delimit a geological zone within a particular time period , so that the age of a sedimentary sequence can be determined . |
| 21 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Ferranti 's chairman , is expected to postpone the annual meeting for a second time so that revised accounts can be prepared to include the effect of the £185m International Signal and Control fraud . |
| 22 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
| 23 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 24 | Quinn 's fundamental point is simply that it is foolish to try to produce a total group-wide analysis at a given time and then to go ahead rapidly implementing that , ignoring the changing external and internal environments . |
| 25 | Sir David Brewster 's victorian biography , first published in 1855 , remained the standard account for a long time . |
| 26 | Sir John Phear , who was Chief Justice for a short time in the late 1870s , felt that many magistrates ‘ manifest as a rule want of knowledge of the practice of the Courts , of the business of their office , and of the law which they have to conform and carry out . ’ |
| 27 | Shildon had made remarkable progress in a short time but needed help as he was trying to do his normal work for the business section at the same time . |
| 28 | Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year . |
| 29 | He waited on the cold landing for a long time , nursing his throbbing hand , anticipating the moment when he must face his parents and the serious punishment that was surely due to him . |
| 30 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |