Example sentences of "be [adj] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 2 | As long as you 're cheerful most of the time . ’ |
| 3 | Conflict theorists emphasise that most areas of our lives involve us in institutionalised power relationships , and most of us are subordinate most of the time . |
| 4 | As I can remember very little about the rest of the day I presume that I must have been unconscious most of the time . |
| 5 | The days are relentlessly hot and long , and the temporeros are hungry most of the time . |
| 6 | I am happy most of the time |
| 7 | However , he would be right most of the time even if the central dogma is wrong , and protein sequences could be translated into DNA sequences , because most ‘ acquired characters ’ would not involve the synthesis of new kinds of proteins . |
| 8 | It only needed to be true enough of the time . |
| 9 | It was often buried away among Regency reproduction furniture in shops which were empty most of the time . |
| 10 | All this space , being alone most of the time . ’ |
| 11 | On the other hand , there are many small airstrips in northern Portugal without any navaids , suggesting that VFR flight is possible most of the time ; so perhaps we were unlucky . |
| 12 | Even the haze beneath the cloud lies above the high altitude of about 31 km beneath which the Cytherean atmosphere is clear most of the time . |
| 13 | PS Nutty 's got a good pair of legs if they 're any use to you , why do n't you slice your way over here to see them ? do n't think he 'd miss them as he 's legless most of the time anyway . |
| 14 | Some will say ‘ He 's cuddly and can be very sensitive at times ’ or ‘ She is lovable some of the time and is good when we go out ’ . |
| 15 | If Susanna Jennens was alone much of the time , there is no reason to doubt that she gave attention to her kitchen maid and that she encouraged her to read and to write poetry . |
| 16 | I thought really done all have n't done all that much , cos I was alone most of the time |
| 17 | I was miserable most of the time , but it would be a towering ingratitude to say that I 'd have done anything else with my life . ’ |