Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 2 | For example , a doctor may be able to see more patients each hour and he may be being more efficient by seeing more people in a fixed period of time . |
| 3 | Psychologists have found that a great number of items can be learned in a fixed amount of time if these fit into established and interconnected patterns . |
| 4 | Furthermore , a great number of items can be learnt in a fixed amount of time if these fit into established and interconnected patterns ; and the smaller the difference between one step and the next , the better the learning . |
| 5 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 6 | Not so , says Mr Crust : ‘ Even in this environment , if your house is alight you want a fireman there and you want him there in a reasonable length of time . ’ |
| 7 | They must prove to Thadeus that they 're here to destroy what he hates , and they 've got to do this in a reasonable period of time . |
| 8 | However , the importance of the semantic analyser relative to the other modules constitutes a narrower issue and one that can be investigated in a reasonable period of time . |
| 9 | Normally we need to look at large numbers of objects ( tens , or perhaps hundreds ) : the analytical technique must therefore give results in a reasonable amount of time per sample and cope with large numbers of objects . |
| 10 | For the children , Penny has put in a tremendous amount of time , effort , and shoe leather to produce a really useful booklet of activities to go to locally with under 5's . |
| 11 | It produces a state of homeostasis , a mechanism which enables a system to remain in a stable state through time . |
| 12 | Well the servants three servants are given one talent and their master tells them to erm do with it what they could in a certain space of time and he would reward them . |
| 13 | Frieda suggests that you can get great results in a minimum amount of time by remembering this fact . |
| 14 | Alan Ayckbourn 's new comedy , Time of my Life , explores the family 's lives , past , present and future in a three-way journey through time . |
| 15 | The producers who supervise Radio 1 sessions tend to be musicians who are used to coaxing good performances out of young bands in a limited period of time . |
| 16 | ‘ I have spent over £500 in shrubs plants and bulbs , and put in a great deal of time collecting rocks and weeding and feeding the plants ’ . |
| 17 | Erm th the reduction in the cost of discretionary awards which is partly the result of the policies that are partly also changing the , in the national situation and increased recruitment funding and in an area into which officers put in a great deal of time to try to make sure that we do the equivalent they should be getting . |
| 18 | Where the developer will be involved in a substantial commitment of time and resources in obtaining planning approval or resolving development problems , it is likely that the parties will enter into an option agreement or conditional contract . |
| 19 | would prefer that too er partly because it would give everybody an opportunity to look at the particular problem er in , in , in , in , in a shorter period of time , erm we are also cheered by the recent visit to England by the minister there Mr who made certain promises , I think it would be useful if Mr who a candidate at the meeting would reiterate his promises publicly today , thank you Chairman . |
| 20 | Does a recording exist in a different dimension of time from a live performance ? |
| 21 | Two of the brass chandeliers suspended above the nave gave a gentle diffused light but the church looked dimly mysterious compared with the glare of the passage and the figures of Massingham and the detective sergeant quietly conferring , of Miss Wharton and the boy patiently sitting like hump-backed dwarfs on low chairs in what must be the children 's corner , seemed as distanced and insubstantial as if they moved in a different dimension of time . |
| 22 | Cooke needs a return of the effervescence that earlier in the year made him England number one , English national champion and Commonwealth champion all in a short space of time . |
| 23 | Such catastrophic events , he believes , are more likely to be due to the receipt of a considerable volume of rainfall in a short space of time on to soils which are already saturated , as occurs during the monsoon season . |
| 24 | In a short space of time the crept workings in Wallsend , Wellington , Percy Main , Bebburn , Jarrow , Elswich and Berwell were all reopened . |
| 25 | Perhaps it is because a predator is able to find and eat relatively large numbers of aposematic prey in a short space of time , and that the high initial rate of feeding produces a more powerful reinforcement than a greater number of prey eaten over a longer period . |
| 26 | Several minor changes occurring in a short space of time can have a totting-up effect , challenging and even overloading the resources people have at their disposal . |
| 27 | The evidence shows that animals can vary their size extremely rapidly in a short space of time when they become , for example , geographically isolated from the main herd . |
| 28 | Alan Davies has done a very good job in a short space of time and if he remains as coach for three seasons or more Wales will be in with a fighting chance for the future — and certainly in the next World Cup ’ . |
| 29 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 30 | Fellow coach Robert Millington reckoned : ‘ Physiologically , they [ blacks ] are much better equipped than whites ; not so much with what they 've got to start with , but what they can achieve in a short space of time . |