Example sentences of "a relatively [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rain had stopped and Hunt had a relatively easy time of it to win . |
| 2 | Animals that feed in these ways have a relatively easy time of it . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the political economists had a relatively easy time pointing to the failings of the economic system of earlier years in terms of disorganization and inefficiency and the imperfections of the free market ( Cole , 1945 ) . |
| 4 | Recently , the TIMI 2B study compared an invasive with a conservative strategy following thrombolytic therapy after acute myocardial infarction.5 All the patients received t-PA thrombolysis at a relatively early time of 2.6 ±0.2 hours ( Table 4a and 4b ) . |
| 5 | In the developed world , the harnessing of fossil fuel energy as well as other scientific developments , and their application to agricultural systems , has opened up a new range of agricultural possibilities : but all this has happened over a relatively long time period and is not without its environmental implications . |
| 6 | We can assume that in a normal working session a lexicographer will spend a relatively long time thinking as opposed to manipulating text . |
| 7 | This may mean that a file which operates well under normal conditions , i.e. many home records being accessed but few synonyms , may take a relatively long time to process sequentially . |
| 8 | This effect persists for a relatively long time , and as there is a specific relationship between the stimuli and the responses , it is regarded as a genuine form of associative learning . |
| 9 | In comparison with the inhibition effect , however , this facilitation only occurred when the subject was given a relatively long time to read the context . |
| 10 | T n tracts of T 9 GCA 9 persist for a relatively long time adds further weight to the suggestion that these are caused by ligand-induced alterations in local DNA structure , rendering it more susceptible to attack by this nuclease . |
| 11 | Afternoon was a relatively safe time , but a peak occurred in late evening ( 1900–2100 hours ) when patients go to the toilet or commode and get into bed . |
| 12 | The addiction is to the ‘ rush ’ — an experience of great pleasure which lasts a relatively short time . |
| 13 | ‘ To my mind , it is a virtual certainty that the partnership 's operations would have been brought to an end , in one way or another , within a relatively short time after … |
| 14 | Because the recommendations in our Report have been prepared in a relatively short time , some changes will almost certainly prove necessary in the light of experience . |
| 15 | A relatively short time of the day is spent in educational classes — the children are divided into two groups for these according to age or ability . |
| 16 | It proved to be a surprisingly accurate account of what in the event did happen , and is outlined here to illustrate the way in which , in one corner of Oxfordshire , changes which had been argued over for a decade could be effected in a relatively short time . |
| 17 | Successes such as this suggest that remedial actions are feasible and can bring beneficial effects in a relatively short time . |
| 18 | Even within a relatively short time ( 5–10 years ) a situation may develop wherein the economic gain is sufficiently diminished that the enterprise becomes self-destructive as the environmental costs increase . |
| 19 | By interviewing people we can obviously obtain a great deal of information in a relatively short time . |
| 20 | Within a relatively short time period no further hydrocarbon-producing reactions would take place and gas generation would cease . |
| 21 | The goals should be realistic ( i.e. attainable in a relatively short time ) and specific . |
| 22 | Moreover , he concludes , ‘ medical students ’ disease terminates readily and within a relatively short time ’ . |
| 23 | In our view it will lead , in a relatively short time , to fewer people reading auditors ' reports ' . |
| 24 | It should be realised that the amount stocked would only have been expected to last a relatively short time . |
| 25 | It was always good , the more so because he spent a great deal of time trapped indoors by his choice of work , a choice governed by his wish to acquire a useful little nest-egg in a relatively short time . |
| 26 | A social survey is a method of obtaining large amounts of data , usually in a statistical form , from a large number of people in a relatively short time . |
| 27 | Laboratory experiments can only last for a relatively short time , and have to be held within the confines of the laboratory . |
| 28 | Taiwan 's experience is typical of poor countries that have become rich and industrialised in a relatively short time . |
| 29 | More sophisticated and complex computer models of the heroin ‘ epidemic ’ can be constructed to produce precise estimates for the future , but given the many untestable assumptions of ‘ epidemic ’ models ( particularly those based only on figures for known users during a relatively short time period , as in the present case ) , we did not attempt such an exercise . |
| 30 | The vogue of the Klan lasted for a relatively short time , but at its height , it may have had five million members . |