Example sentences of "[adv] as the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter . |
| 2 | It was quite painful , especially as the time went on and the contractions were coming closer together . |
| 3 | So as the time for hatching approaches , all the eggs may not be equally ready . |
| 4 | Whatever the answer , do not fall into the trap of imagining that the impact of a flood in one of this year 's drought-ridden rivers will pass as quickly as the time it takes for the river to ‘ look ’ normal again . |
| 5 | As early as the time of Saul the festival of the new moon was celebrated with great solemnity . |
| 6 | If the matter were investigated deeply enough it could well be established that the pressure required to civilise a human being , and thereby generate a conscience , increases enormously as the time from the birth to the start of the process lengthens . |
| 7 | They were not , they were not dispensed with , well one could look back in seventy eight and say retrospectively how that process could have been started considerably earlier , er the honourable gentleman knows perfectly well that er as the Maastricht bill was winding its way through here it was n't really practical to run this but indeed the processes were started before the governing legislation was on the statute book and I quite understand why honourable gentlemen opposite wish to make their party points , particularly those particularly those who were not in the house in seventy eight which er does n't I think apply to the honourable gentleman from from Birmingham , when he knows perfectly well that the same kind of machinery is used now was used then and it was used as fairly and as honestly and as completely impartially as the time allowed . |
| 8 | Fellow-feeling between Athens and Corinth , occasioned by Megara , is traceable as far back as the time of the Cypselid tyrant of Corinth , Periander : called on to arbitrate between Athens and Lesbos over the possession of Sigeion on the Hellespont , he awarded it to Athens . |
| 9 | This is a view which goes back a long way , at least as far as the time of the Radcliffe Report in 1960 . |
| 10 | The time of viewing as well as the time of making . |
| 11 | In a recent special study of car theft in Belfast carried out by The Extern Organisation the make and model of stolen cars was examined as well as the time and place of the theft . |
| 12 | Non-residents would have to register their names at the gate as well as the time of arrival and their business . |
| 13 | This should include details of the amount and type of food eaten , including all snacks and drinks , as well as the time and place . |
| 14 | It will cut out the need for paper orders and acknowledgements as well as the time spent inputting information . ’ |