Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] a time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're living on a time bomb ’ |
| 2 | Suppose we have quarterly figures y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , y 4 , y 5 , Then the first 4-quarter moving average will be corresponding to a time point midway between the second and third quarters , and the second will be corresponding to a time midway between the third and fourth quarters . |
| 3 | I 'm thinking of a time scale of about ten years ahead . |
| 4 | DNA changes by biological evolution only on a time scale of millions of years , but our powers of destruction are increasing on a time scale for the evolution of information , which is now only twenty or thirty years . |
| 5 | What we had at Maastricht was old hat ; it was living in a time warp . |
| 6 | When Maddren was appointed manager , he sent for Pallister , who was working as a time clerk and playing non-League football . |