Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument for seasonally adjusting monthly unemployment figures is that only then can the observer tell whether a given monthly increase in unemployment is the normal variation for that time of year or an unusual rise which policy-makers should be concerned about . |
| 2 | And I can tell you this : I 'm amazed at your new modern outlook ; I 've always known you to be as strait-laced as a Victorian corset and sticking to the narrow principles of that time in which you were brought up . |
| 3 | The heart of the momentous events of that time was that ‘ softening up ’ operations prior to invading or neutralising the island were successfully resisted . |
| 4 | Indeed , if his ( undated ) grant to the abbey of Fécamp ( S 949 ) is genuine , one might suppose that he visited the Norman coast at some time , and his generosity to a foundation which had been particularly favoured by the ducal family ( in 1001 Richard II invited the celebrated monastic reformer William of Dijon to be its abbot ) seems most likely to mean that his relations with them were still satisfactory . |
| 5 | ( b ) Discover the main changes in the European economy of this time . |
| 6 | We asked 422 patients who had used the combined pill at some time about their knowledge of appropriate secondary methods of contraception to be used in the event of forgotten pills , severe vomiting , severe diarrhoea , and concurrent antibiotic treatment . |
| 7 | He became a book-keeper to Dom Joâo José da Câmara , one of the largest landowners at that time . |
| 8 | One of the classic studies of this time was that of the Reykjanes ridge , part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , just south of Iceland . |
| 9 | ‘ For my money , Paul is one of the greatest comedians of all time , ’ says Julian Clary . |
| 10 | One day it was just an edible fruit , and the next it was The Apple , star of one of the greatest dramas of all time : The Fall of Humankind . |
| 11 | Hear the songs that sold millions and in the Exhibition 's very own cinema , enjoy excerpts from the greatest movies of all time . |
| 12 | Viv Richards … for most people one of the greatest batsmen of all time … he 's getting older but on his day is still a wonder … today sadly for oxfordshire was his day … he made 162 not out … and smashed the ball all around and out of the ground … |
| 13 | The moral opposition to boxing in the late twentieth century , which is essentially a continuation of an old Nonconformist hostility bolstered by science , is weakened by the popularity of men like Henry Cooper : 'Enry , the Londoner , the decent , gentle bruiser , who almost knocked out one of the greatest heavyweights of all time , but now prospers as a TV celebrity playing golf for charity or advertising deodorants . |
| 14 | ‘ We all agreed after the dinner that George was obviously under the influence of drink , but that does not excuse saying that the greatest footballer of all time ‘ was n't bad for a nigger ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I have always felt that it is a crying shame that the works of possibly the greatest writer of all time , William Shakespeare , have — purely for examination purposes — been pushed down the throats of school children . |
| 16 | The greatest Warlord of all time , Gorbad Ironclaw , leads a huge Waaagh into the Empire . |
| 17 | This year Musical Director William Cairns focuses on some of the great chorus numbers from some of the greatest musicals of all time . |
| 18 | It 's shooting a film for American television based on ’ Heart of Darkness ’ — the Joseph Conrad novel that 's been described as the greatest story of all time . |
| 19 | Now here I was in the greatest race of all time , with four men under ten seconds . |
| 20 | He is the greatest athlete of all time in my book . ’ |
| 21 | It is perhaps surprising that Dempsey is ranked among the greatest champions of all time when he was artificially protected from the challenge of black opponents . |
| 22 | But they say he 's the greatest photographer of all time . ’ |
| 23 | What is the greatest car of all time ? |
| 24 | JOE MONTANA , possibly the greatest quarterback of all time , is back . |
| 25 | These are the greatest authors of all time — represented here by their greatest works ! |
| 26 | Next week I shall be talking with Tony Nuttall about Shakespeare and the reasons why he 's still regarded by many people as the greatest playwright of all time . |
| 27 | No Sally 's new at the job , we 've been working at this for for on on the technical front for some time , now let's just sit down and and work out what we 're gon na do . |
| 28 | Until now historians believed that the woolly mammoths of that time could only survive in freezing conditions . |
| 29 | Some US congressmen believe that the Japanese are secretly developing test-tube fusion technology and that the US is already losing the race for the economic bonanza of all time . |
| 30 | The expression ‘ cased in the unfeeling armour of old time ’ exactly represents the impression Wordsworth made on certain observers at a later date ( see Chapter I , p. 42 ) . |