Example sentences of "the [noun] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , we go up on the Ridge most of the time because er we 've all got mountain bikes ; it makes it a bit more fun . |
| 2 | Such ensembles were not merely gathered together for the occasional ballet ; there were , in fact , three standing oboe bands at court , or , more accurately , three ensembles whose members played the oboe much of the time . |
| 3 | on the computer most of the time . |
| 4 | These grounds reflect some of the reasons some of the time for compiling records . |
| 5 | Then she could actually see what was going on in the family , which was that her mother was servicing her father , who just looked out of the window most of the time , psychically speaking , while the siblings got on with their rivalry . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 7 | And as I 'm in the shop most of the time and know what goes and what does n't , I think you should stick by what I say or get somebody else in who 'll do it better . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Duw , girl , what do you expect me to do when you 're in the shop most of the time ? |
| 9 | " Well , we were on the move most of the time . " |
| 10 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 11 | yes , that 's the money supply and measures , the measures of money supply I 'm sure you 'll be okay you should beat what I got anyway , cos I saw it sort of cold I could see you were put into shits of boredom , they go totally over the top most of the time my parents |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you know the saying : ‘ You ca n't please all of the people all of the time , just some of the people some of the time . ’ |
| 13 | However , this size of fretwire should please more of the people more of the time , and you ca n't deny that the fret job is superb ; the ends are so well finished you can almost see your reflection in them . |
| 14 | People who visit always seem astonished by the normalcy of the life of the vast majority of the people most of the time . |
| 15 | Hopefully this will give an insight into how we try to please most of the people most of the time , and maybe encourage more staff to put pen to paper and get into print . |
| 16 | In this recording the orchestra is in the foreground most of the time ; and during this time we often hear the singers as though looking at them on stage through inverter opera glasses , where they are distinct but tiny . |
| 17 | The principle of analogy will provide a reasonably secure framework for interpretation for the hearer and for the analyst most of the time . |
| 18 | ‘ It is lovely in one respect , but by crikey you are on the edge all of the time with him . |
| 19 | A few years ago we had rows all the time about politics but more recently we kept off the subject most of the time . |
| 20 | And we need to say that you know I do n't think that it 's criminal to have a gallery but it 's criminal to waste the space some of the time . |
| 21 | Putting it another way , an individual that succeeded in persuading its partner to play the female most of the time would gain all the benefits of ‘ her ’ economic investment in eggs , while ‘ he ’ has resources left over to spend on other things , for instance on mating with other fish . |
| 22 | Little Stu stayed with the women most of the time , and Ross was in the pram , but Billy and Sandy went wild . |
| 23 | describing Doll Collan here , a whore who is seen wandering around the stage most of the time , she is the most rare scholar and has gone mad with studying Brampton 's works . |
| 24 | Andy sits in an ancient bulging armchair , its fake brown leather rubbed through to the fabric net underneath in places and burnished to a deep black shine on the arms ; he nurses his whisky and looks into the fire most of the time . |