Example sentences of "time [prep] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 2 | That image of things would dominate men 's notions of space and time for more than a century . |
| 3 | If they were fed in manually , this would imply exactly the kind of task objected to by the unions — namely , a task paced by the automatic welder and with a cycle time of less than a minute . |
| 4 | Looking after the ‘ tribe ’ is the number one priority , but Mary was always looking at ways of continuing her artistic leanings and it was to heraldry that she returned , this time with more than a hint of aviation to it ! |
| 5 | It was ironical that Adam , who was the owner of that big house and all that land and the contents of the house , nevertheless went down to Nunes the second time with less than a fiver in his pocket . |
| 6 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 7 | ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade . |
| 8 | Within a few months , for the first time in more than a decade , observers began to detect a thaw in Franco-Soviet relations . |
| 9 | Boris Yeltsin 's planned visit to Japan was postponed , for the second time in less than a year . |
| 10 | One particularly notable vessel which he designed was the Stirling Castle , famed for her speed , for example , when in 1882 she brought home a cargo of 6,000 tons of China tea from Hankow in twenty-eight days , beating the previous best time by more than a week . |