Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] the [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue of the length of waiting lists , their variation in length between areas and the amount of time an individual patient may wait remain highly contentious . |
| 2 | Thus , although the bonanza expected by some has not yet materialised , exploration has far from exhausted the possibilities , and the results have at least demonstrated beyond question that gas accumulated and survived in producible quantities in the Eastern Overthrust Belt , despite the disturbed condition of the strata and the passage of time . |
| 3 | The new measures will bring the UK more into line with other western governments ' statistical bureaux that limit both the number of ministers with access to figures and the amount of time they have to consider them . |
| 4 | A reduction in the number of matches and the space of time in which they are played is something Mr. Robinson is pressing for . |
| 5 | In fact the Colosseum has suffered less from the depredations of the barbarians and the weathering of time than from its use in the Middle Ages as a fortress and later as a quarry by Renaissance builders ( 91 and 121 ) . |