Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun] of [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These discoveries would not be very difficult to make nowadays , but with no more than the techniques of the time , each was a great achievement . |
| 2 | It was called ‘ The Countryside in 1970 ’ because the mood of the time was predominantly one of unease and anxiety about what was happening to the countryside . |
| 3 | While the politics of the time may have been sterile , it does appear to have had more than its share of colourful characters ; bogus radicals like A.P.T.James and Chanka Maharaj ; the legendary and fabulously wealthy Bhadase Maraj , who was an American-style ward boss ; Norman Tang , whose mastery of the ‘ art ’ of inscrutability made it possible for him to ‘ develop the reputation of being the only minister never accused by the Civil Service of political interference ’ . |
| 4 | The use of paint thickeners of various kinds ( see page 94 Appendix A ) and the mixing of the paint itself can involve comparison of colour and thickness as well as the idea of the time taken . |
| 5 | The idea that there is such a thing as the spirit of a time can be awkwardly challenged by asking , ‘ Whose time ? ’ |
| 6 | For the rest of the time Edward gained from John financial support through clerical taxes , and personal and political aid through the provision of some of his clerks to bishoprics and canonries . |
| 7 | And the Shelley party were near at hand — though the fluctuations of the time scale made it hard to determine whether they would recognize my name if they heard it . |