Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time would " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in fact they did care , because if they had n't the traumas that afflicted Welsh rugby at about this time would have had not effect . |
| 2 | This was considered fairer because the amount of advertising time would be small and expensive , which could favour the wealthiest clients . |
| 3 | Only if we could picture the universe in terms of imaginary time would there be no singularities . |
| 4 | For her things would never heal , but for Marguerite time would lessen the pain and her memories would help . |
| 5 | In general a failure to serve a committal order in due time would not be expected to lead to the quashing of the sentence of imprisonment . |
| 6 | At the time of the Crusades , Europe took comfort in the expectation that somewhere in the East there ruled a mighty Christian monarch , Known as Prester John , who in due time would march on Jerusalem , destroy the infidel and liberate the Holy Places . |
| 7 | But the histories of the particles in imaginary time would continue . |
| 8 | The poor astronaut who falls into a black hole will still come to a sticky end ; only if he lived in imaginary time would he encounter no singularities . |
| 9 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 10 | It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays . |
| 11 | It was never even mentioned afterwards and I reckon 99 percent of players at that time would have sacked me . |
| 12 | The carpenter 's benches were well lit by rooflights ; some of the tools used at that time would probably not be found today . |
| 13 | The dose commitment on emerging from the shelter after two weeks would be no less than 1700 rads and the daily dose at that time would be 46 rads . |
| 14 | According to local history , this field at that time would have been the playing fields of Mr Burton 's private school , which eventually became Victoria Park . |
| 15 | This was never more threatened from the right than in the years before 1914 and a leader who had respected constitutional niceties at that time would have driven them out of the system where they could have been far more dangerous . |
| 16 | A little arrogance , yes , some petulance , but nothing extra that went beyond what her position in that place and at that time would have encouraged in her . |
| 17 | At that time would it have been a custom to have had the coffin in the house ? |
| 18 | Very briefly , Peter Davis , North Yorkshire County Council , you raised the issue of procedures looking at the er post two thousand and six scenario within the light of er a statutory greenbelt er at that time , and I would envisage that the County Council and the Districts , if indeed we 're all er in business at er er in in in the next century , would probably want to run a similar sort of exercise that they would be ran through the end of the eighties , and that is to sit down together , er and look at all the options , er that are available for Greater York , in the same way that they did it in ninety eighty nine , one additional factor at that time would be that er the greenbelt would be statutory , and it would be statutory if the County Council and ninety five percent of the district support on sites would be a tight greenbelt so the options would be looked at erm er in that context , on the comments that er Miss Whittaker , erm questions that Miss Whittaker raised , there is a paper that the County Council produced for the greenbelt local plan enquiry that I remember well as N Y Two , which set out in detail the various components , erm of the York greenbelt in addition to the historic title that the that the focus of the green belt comes across a variety of of of of matters , and if it if it is helpful to this panel that document was acceptable by and large , supported by the District , we can certainly put that in , and can circulate it round . |
| 19 | Most of the people who were in the street at that time would have been in one or other of the pubs , but do n't forget that the harbour is full of craft of all sorts and there are sure to have been people aboard some of them . ’ |
| 20 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 21 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 22 | And there is no doubt that the visit of Cheney and Powell to the Gulf convinced them that to fight a land war at this time would risk over-straining the support among the American people . |
| 23 | Anybody who dreamt of surrendering that basic safeguard at this time would be doing the gravest disservice to current and possibly to future generations in Britain . |
| 24 | A spokesman said that a price hike at this time would be ‘ inappropriate ’ . |
| 25 | On Nov. 15 the Kuwaiti government-in-exile endorsed the Saudi view that an Arab summit at this time would be pointless . |
| 26 | As the US Joint Chiefs of Staff commented on 22 October 1951 : The security interests of the United States at this time would be greatly benefited if the British Commonwealth of Nations could achieve once more a state of political and military solidarity under strong and effective leadership by the United Kingdom ; failing this , wholehearted support of United States military policies must be obtained from the several members of the British Commonwealth through other means . |
| 27 | Few men have been able to resist their strength and beauty , and at one time would congregate at the base of the zigzag path which led to the French village of Faye , hoping for a glimpse . |
| 28 | The new , strong-willed princess , who at one time would have crumbled under pressure , was alleged to have fired off a stiff , legalistic reply . |
| 29 | In recent years prisons have accumulated increasing numbers of mentally disordered people who at one time would probably been cared for in the old asylums . |
| 30 | and the building societies at one time would not take overtime into account , but in the eighties oh my God , you know , how much , oh have as much as you want |