Example sentences of "on the [noun pl] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Roesdahl , of Aarhus University , Denmark , who is one of the chief organisers , explains that Scandinavian scholars had been planning a major show on the Vikings for some time , and the French became involved because they had also wanted to hold such an exhibition , partly to examine the Viking role in Normandy . |
| 2 | And er there was very little money spent on the roads at that time , the , the railways had been the great carriers of everything and the motorcars were just coming in . |
| 3 | Are they coming onto your support workers calling on the families at this time to help them erm because this will be the time when the families will need help and also naturally the residents who are normally at the centre , having got used to the centre , as we know , there could be difficulties there and I 'd like to have the please . |
| 4 | There were very few lone parents on the books at that time : so few that no separate statistics were kept of their numbers . |
| 5 | The request for reconsideration must be filed within two days of receiving the certificate of refusal from the magistrates ' court and copy documents must be served on the parties within this time limit . |
| 6 | The EC Commission has had a directive on landfill on the stocks for some time . |
| 7 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 8 | ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’ |
| 9 | Speaking to Irish state radio from Baidoa , Concern spokesman Michael O'Reilly said : ‘ Unfortunately this had been on the cards for some time . |