Example sentences of "than the [noun] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King 's own statements , however , show the extent to which his view of the Church was political : ‘ It is not the change of Church government which is chiefly aimed at ’ , he wrote in 1646 , ‘ ( though that were too much ) but it is by that pretext to take away the dependency of the Church from the Crown , which , let me tell you , I hold to be of equal consequence to that of the militia ; for people are governed by the pulpit more than the sword in the time of peace . |
| 2 | Cheaper than the car by the time you 've paid petrol there and back again . |
| 3 | Such surety covenant is of value to no one other than the owner for the time being of the reversion … |
| 4 | So viewed , the decision is entirely consistent with the test laid down by Best J. The benefit of the covenant to repay could not touch and concern the land because someone other than the owner for the time being of the term could take the benefit of it … |
| 5 | These discoveries would not be very difficult to make nowadays , but with no more than the techniques of the time , each was a great achievement . |