Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] much [adj -er] time " in BNC.

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1 We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period .
2 Think , by way of comparison , of the change that man has wrought in a much shorter time by genetic selection of dogs .
3 The phrase ‘ community participation ’ has been used for a much longer time .
4 Oddly enough , his father , whom Peter had known for a much shorter time , was quite distinct in his memory , right down to the smell of Palmolive shaving cream and Gold Leaf cigarettes .
5 We will only know the answer to this and many other questions when televising has continued for a much longer time .
6 The major difference appears to be that of timescale ; perfusion is spread over a much longer time scale than arterial infusion .
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