Example sentences of "except [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle a given plot of land produced one knight for a specified length of time each year ; to ensure that the service was regular and the responsibility clear , attempts were made — never very successfully , except for a time in England — to keep the holdings intact , to prevent their being divided between younger sons . |
| 2 | In terms of the law , the Secretary of State is empowered to lay down all aspects of the curriculum , except for the time devoted to each subject and the style in which it shall be taught . |
| 3 | It now hardly entered her life except for the time when , in the dark patch of garden below the bedroom window , she had seen the snake . |
| 4 | She had been mean with money all her life , using her daughter and granddaughter as servants , and even herself at times during the last seven or so years as unhired help , except for the time that Rosie was here . |
| 5 | IN A culture and a century that have doubts about matching up to Prince Hamlet , feeling fitted at best to the role of attendant lord , it 's astonishing that Shakespeare 's Henry V should become , except at a time of national emergency , a resonant figure of any sort . |
| 6 | It 's astonishing that Shakespeare 's Henry V should become , except at a time of national emergency , a resonant figure . |