Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was built in 1490 and for much of the time it was owned by the Darrel family . |
| 2 | And for much of the time it follows the Minchmoor Road , an ancient drove road which was also used by Scottish monarchs staying at Traquair House . |
| 3 | Despite their increasing equity stake in capitalist enterprises they provide relatively little new investment finance and for much of the time act as passive collectors of dividends . |
| 4 | Only the political pertinence of that collectivity was variable , and for much of the time its pertinence was low . |
| 5 | As Stoker and Wilson note ( 1986 , p. 292 ) while ‘ over many issues and for much of the time the group may simply endorse decisions taken elsewhere , at the very least senior councillors and officers must be careful not to offend the core political values and commitments of backbenchers ’ . |
| 6 | I watched both them and Mathews closely throughout both days while he was giving evidence , and for most of the time all three of the judges had their heads and eyes down on the notes they were keeping . ’ |
| 7 | Fewer than eighty purveyors of museum supplies and services took booths , and for most of the time the vendors largely from Canada and the northeastern U.S. had the Hilton basement entirely to themselves . |
| 8 | They travelled all that day without a break , and for most of the time the sun beat down on them with fiery intensity . |
| 9 | She was a person accustomed to getting seven hours of sleep , on a good night , and less most of the time . |