Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second distinction between the results here and those of Kreps and Wilson is the behaviour of play in the infinite time horizon case . |
| 2 | The problem is one of the continuing dominance of traditional models of assessment at the same time as trying to introduce other models based on quite different educational premises . |
| 3 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 4 | He could glean from each category what was happening and , of course at a convenient time , he would test the aircraft itself and then put it on line so that the bombload could be installed before mid-afternoon or early evening . |
| 5 | Oliver gained a lot of experience in a short time , and was interested to see how brave some people were after a death in the family . |
| 6 | But whereas before he had seen Scouting as a gateway of opportunity to the big time , 20 years on , the movement seemed narrow and provincial somehow , more concerned with preserving an America that was fast slipping away , if it had ever truly existed , than with helping to shape the country 's youth to face an uncertain future . |
| 7 | Although out of action for a long time , an internal iron water wheel survives . |
| 8 | But after being knocked out in the first round of the English Derby the dog injured a hind muscle and was out of action for a long time . |
| 9 | The young man 's car , a Jensen Interceptor was out of action at the relevant time . |
| 10 | It is impossible to experience both fear and peace of mind at the same time . |
| 11 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 12 | This is particularly necessary if you are using either the VHS-C or Video 8 formats ; unlike the ubiquitous standard VHS cassettes which can be bought just about anywhere , the availability of the mini-format cassettes tends to be patchy and you risk running out of tape at an awkward time . |
| 13 | Ryan 's proposal for a program for automatic story generation which fulfils her three criteria of creativity , aesthetic awareness and understanding will probably remain beyond the boundaries of feasibility for a long time , but it does demonstrate both the need for a greater contribution of ideas from poetics and narratology to developments in artificial intelligence , and the insights that can be gained from the attempt to shape one 's ideas about narrative into a form that can be learnt and applied by computers . |
| 14 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 15 | Whether jury after retirement should be allowed to hear tape recording of interview for the first time — practice |
| 16 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 17 | A big bream should be weighed immediately it is caught , for these fish can lose a lot of weight in a short time in a keepnet or keepsack . |
| 18 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 19 | It was not until 1966 that the transcontinental standard-gauge line was completed , thereby connecting Sydney to Perth without break of gauge for the first time . |
| 20 | It was during this period that the boroughs of Bethnal Green , Stepney , Mile End and Poplar witnessed a net loss of population for the first time . |
| 21 | Lord Joseph has been interested in the causes of poverty for a long time : as a young man he joined the Howard League for Penal Reform as well as a Quaker group which busied itself about improving the social conditions of the poor . |
| 22 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 23 | A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days . |
| 24 | Third , the political turbulence of the seventies born of economic failure and increasing unemployment , destroyed consensus and brought " conviction politics " and real choice back to the fore with a vengeance : the Conservatives rediscovered old roots in their opposition to state intervention and their commitment to the free market ; the Labour Party rediscovered socialism and attacked the free market of capitalism at the same time as they were eager to fashion an interventionist state ; the specifics of nationalist sentiment ebbed and flowed in unpredictable ways ; and only the Liberal-SDP Alliance seemed eager to try and recreate the moderate consensus politics and policies of the fifties , and they did this despite growing signs that the social and economic conditions that made those policies viable had ceased to exist . |
| 25 | We can assess all the relevant factors for you , and produce the right amount of cash at the appropriate time . |
| 26 | He 's won awards for his skill , now he 's putting that to the test and hopefully earn a bit of cash at the same time . |
| 27 | Their mission to take troops and weapons to any theatre of war in the quickest time possible . |
| 28 | COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open . |
| 29 | After weeks of private anguish followed by questionable closed-door lobbying of the leading minds of the Royal College of Science , Darwin found himself forced to go public on the issue of evolution for the first time , when both their papers were read at the Linnean Society of London on that momentous July evening of 1858 . |
| 30 | At the same time , Nos. 1E , 2E and 3E , were taken out of service for a short time , to receive a small modification — they were fitted with spare sets of track brake equipment , so that they could subsequently work to the Crystal Palace . |