Example sentences of "the [num] [noun pl] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1915 the New South Wales Swimming Association invited Duke Kahanamoku to the Domain Baths in Sydney where he beat his own world record for the 100 yards with a time of 53.8 seconds . |
| 2 | His boat is only big enough to carry himself , and one of the three things at a time . |
| 3 | This was due to the impossibility of conveying such goods between the two cities at a time when the railways could not cope with grain supplies coming into Saratov . |
| 4 | It 's odd that I should remember that now , because I did n't connect the two incidents at the time . |
| 5 | Rescue teams were quickly reinforced by United States military units operating from bases in the Philippines , the future of which was under discussion between the two countries at the time of the disaster [ see p. 37458 ] . |
| 6 | After the hearing the mother asked the local authority to accommodate the two boys for the time being and that was done by placement in foster care . |
| 7 | There were no significant differences between the two groups in the time taken to establish a diagnosis , the mean duration of preoperative treatment , or the length of stay in hospital ( after allowance for the decline in average length of stay of all hospital patients between the two periods ) . |
| 8 | But during the two years between the time when the book was first mooted and its publication in 1982 , the company had transformed itself and the book did not reflect the grander style of living which Laura was now espousing . |
| 9 | He sat back , studying the two men for a time , unhappy that he had not been privy to their conversations before and after this important meeting . |