Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | Similarly , it is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant 's works are completed within a reasonable time . |
| 3 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 4 | This , implicitly at least , demands the use of major computer systems , otherwise it would not be possible easily to carry out the necessary regular checks as to whether the various procedures have been undertaken within the prescribed time period . |
| 5 | However , a preservation society had been formed in the mean time to come to am arrangement with the Company to secure its future operation . |
| 6 | Daily reports of money market events , prices and yields are carried in the Financial Times . |
| 7 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 8 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 9 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 10 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
| 11 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 12 | Finally , the most convincing evidence for residual function in animals comes from studies using very coarse stimuli that are presented for a long time . |
| 13 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 14 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 15 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 16 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 17 | Philip Drew had also been seen at the relevant time by a stagehand . |
| 18 | Erm you 've got this , this business of threatening to attack the Serbian guns erm involves of course the decisions of individual governments whether or not they 're prepared to allow their forces to be involved , in the case of the British whether you 're going to allow your forces to get involved in it or not , but in international terms it involves both NATO , which has now passed a resolution saying unless certain conditions are met by a certain time , then there will be bombing of the Serbian positions but the people on the ground , whether they originally came from France or the Ukraine or from Britain , are in fact under the blue beret of the United Nations and the United Nations and NATO are not altogether , they 're not precisely together on this issue . |
| 19 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 20 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 21 | We may be better off with health care contracts if money follows the patient as the government er intends it to do , but we just do n't know and that 's what we 're investigating at the present time . |
| 22 | I know you 're going through a bad time , but my main concern is Maureen . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 25 | So , providing you say yes there will be occasions when the machine can take over some sort of part of the teacher 's role , then fair enough , yes , but I think one of the interesting ways in which computers are used at the present time , particularly again in the primary school , is as orchestrators of group work . |
| 26 | Instead , they are likely to use the ‘ just-in-time ’ ( JIT ) system where complex market relations with component subcontractors are used to ensure that supplies arrive on the premises where they are needed at the appropriate time . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's been going on a long time , Elaine . |
| 28 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
| 29 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
| 30 | But after plunging towards the relegation zone with just four points from the previous 21 , he admitted : ‘ We have been going through a bad time and We needed this win . ’ |