Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests that there may be a mismatch between the rationale for protecting respondents by a short time limit and the criteria used to decide whether or not Ord. 53 must be used by the applicant . |
| 2 | And although you 're right that they 've been selling flowers for a long time , they underwent a massive re-fit recently . |
| 3 | This is farmore likely to gain management approval because managers can see the expensive exercise paying dividends in a reasonable time scale . |
| 4 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 5 | She writes that it was ‘ one of the best , but it did not suit John , as he was accustomed to follow his whims , and invent or discover for himself , and therefore did not like the regimentation of doing things at a given time . |
| 6 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 7 | Ibrahim Bu Shanna , reaching maturity at a propitious time , had opportunities to achieve success in trade denied to his elder brother , who grew up during the war : the elder brother was a gardener , who lived subordinate in every way except the symbolic to Ibrahim , a successful wholesaler . |
| 8 | consignee not taking or accepting delivery within a reasonable time after the Consignment has been tendered . |
| 9 | consignee not taking or accepting delivery within a reasonable time |
| 10 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 11 | Other methods of stimulating volume might include controlling trading hours ( by concentrating liquidity in a particular time frame , as on the metal and cocoa rings ) or by lengthening the hours , to attract business from other time zones . |
| 12 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |