Example sentences of "by [art] [det] minutes " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Trent said , to delay his death , if only by a few minutes . |
2 | When a little old lady on Weybridge station platform asked the Irish stationmaster why there were two large wall clocks each giving a different time by a few minutes , the answer came in a fine Irish brogue : ‘ Ah , yes ma'am ! |
3 | The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation . |
4 | But there was a motor bike went by a few minutes ago . |
5 | They found that , for each index , the futures market led the spot market by a few minutes . |
6 | For index futures there is clear evidence that the futures price leads the spot price by a few minutes , while for lags of a day the evidence is much weaker . |
7 | Harris ( 1989a ) and Moriarty , Gordon , Kuserk and Wang ( 1990 ) studied the basis of the S&P500 during the crash and also found that the large negative basis was substantially reduced when allowance was made for stale prices , and that the futures price led the spot price by a few minutes ( even after allowing for the stale prices effect ) . |
8 | Among other things , it was found that index futures prices lead spot prices by a few minutes in the USA . |
9 | " Ah , " he said , when almost out of sight , back in the depths of the room , not far from the small winding-stair he had entered the room by a few minutes earlier . |
10 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |