Example sentences of "[noun] of a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3.3 Time restrictions If there is no mention of a time restriction in a covenant then the courts will normally infer that it is intended that the restriction should last forever . |
| 2 | It has also been suggested that the field is a remnant of a time when Mercury had suffered less tidal slowing of its axial spin , at which time the core was molten , Mercury having cooled less than today . |
| 3 | When was a time when you were assertive , just think you can be anything assertive over anything it does n't matter think of a time when you feel you were being assertive anybody think of a time when they were being assertive |
| 4 | Another person is happy or unhappy : I can use his good mood perhaps to charm a concession out of him , or take advantage of a time when he is distracted by trouble to steal a march on him ; but I shall not be pleased or displeased by emotions which do not touch my interests . |
| 5 | Views of a time gone by , still just about accessible today . |
| 6 | ‘ What kind of a time are you going to have , stuck here inside these four walls with no one to take your mind off the pouring rain ? |
| 7 | ‘ Professor Summerfield , you should never underestimate the guile of a Time Lord . |
| 8 | The suffering and self-conscious first-person singular manifested in Dyer could be considered a creation of the Gothic novel that came after him , and Dyer can also bring to mind the magus of a time before . |
| 9 | In political terms the myth preserves some dim historical elements of a time during the Predynastic Period when Egypt was divided into two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt , each with its own ruler . |
| 10 | Some people , after an experience of regression to a Past life , are absolutely convinced in their own minds that it was a genuine recollection of a time when they have lived before . |
| 11 | We have two signed hardback copies from Hodder & Stoughton of A Time To Dance to give away . |
| 12 | It is here that the Germans have done so much pioneer work , and indeed the whole tendency of their art historical studies has been to regard works of art almost entirely from a chronological point of view , as coefficients of a time sequence , without reference to their aesthetic significance . |
| 13 | I have many happy memories of a time when the world was innocent as were most of us . |
| 14 | Besides which it 's a heck of a time for Noorda to be discussing succession — when so much of what can be accomplished with Unix seems to depend on his personal touch . |
| 15 | However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports . |
| 16 | It 's a heck of a time is n't it to let |
| 17 | Matthew Prescott seemed to be taking a heck of a time to open the door . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , to tell the truth , John , I am having a devil of a time with a contract in Cirencester . |
| 19 | It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you . |
| 20 | He was taking a devil of a time to change . |
| 21 | No general rules can be laid down as to the reasonableness of a time period because these obviously depend on the facts of each case , however as Lord Shaw said in the Morris ( Herbert ) case " as the time of the restriction lengthens and the space of its operation extends , the weight of the onus on the covenantee grows " . |
| 22 | She 'd been on the floor for nearly every dance , and was having a whale of a time . |
| 23 | I should think they and the audience had a whale of a time or , in the rather more sober words of the two authors , ‘ the use of drama as a vehicle for science at the primary level has exciting possibilities that warrant further exploration . ’ |
| 24 | CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . |
| 25 | It bounces along wonderfully , with Caine obviously having a whale of a time , and is ideal kiddies ' Christmas fare . |
| 26 | Have a whale of a time in San Diego |
| 27 | But by then various other children were misbehaving too , so I sent them out , and suddenly I realized that half of my class was outside the door having a whale of a time ! |
| 28 | Superconductor are wonderfully stupid and noisy , everybody playing a different tune and having a whale of a time whilst the singer gargles disinfectant . |
| 29 | We all had a whale of a time , drifting on the surface and drowning in the depths with the four fishermen . |
| 30 | Pappy and she , on the other hand , had had a whale of a time . |