Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ? |
| 2 | ‘ Hmm , ’ he murmured , but she was glad to see he had lost none of his pleasantness of expression when , considering her request for a few seconds , he divulged , ‘ After almost two years without a holiday or much free time , I last week completed what I believe to be one of my best achievements . ’ |
| 3 | We expect a lead from Westminster , not a vacuum left at Christmas or any other time of the year by a bunch of freeloaders . |
| 4 | ‘ I received no note from you this morning , or any other time ! ’ |
| 5 | I 'm sorry I kissed you earlier , but I swear on the Bible I 've no intention of ravishing you on the kitchen floor before supper — or any other time . ’ |
| 6 | As will be clear from all that has been said so far , it seems that this short time is barely adequate for the person concerned to have dealt with all the issues involved in adjusting to the death of a loved one . |
| 7 | The vaccination programme has been criticised on the grounds that this massive time and effort could be better spent improving drugs to cure leprosy . |
| 8 | So , NME , you 've reached 40 and I 've been reading you for more than half that time . |
| 9 | The brokers thus started again yesterday , but while they apparently conditionally placed more than half this time , they still could not find enough buyers . |
| 10 | The awful thing was that all this time Lewis had never had any doubts he was himself the new owner of Wyvis Hall . |
| 11 | It appears that all this time I too was working flat out , because , in addition to a heavy load of teaching , I was writing articles right and left , as well as tinkering with the political book . |
| 12 | Although Linda is older than many first time buyers , there are still plenty of options open to her . |
| 13 | There are two known periods when fish tend to feed more than any other time in the summer months . |
| 14 | Nah , not being papered till next week never know , well it ca n't be any worse than any other time really can it ? |
| 15 | It is clear that the timing of these impacts varies enormously between cases , and that long time periods are required for some impacts to emerge . |
| 16 | Being nervous and taking risks are two of the main things you will have to face as an aspiring actor , and that first time you read a play with a group of strangers , rather than in a classroom or among friends is when you confront your first hurdle . |
| 17 | Where applications are made on notice : ( a ) notice is to be served on the opposite party and filed in the court not less than two days before the hearing , unless the court gives leave for short notice ; and ( b ) the party making the application is responsible for ascertaining that the court will be available to hear the application and that sufficient time will be available . |
| 18 | All I knew was that one afternoon while I was at the office in London someone poured petrol through my letter-box at Seaview , along with a note warning me that if I did n't get out of G.W. Fashions there would be other similarly unpleasant incidents to look forward to , and that next time the petrol would be accompanied by a lighted rag . ’ |
| 19 | He says they 're not real gipsies and that last time they came to the district they caused a lot of damage to crops and stole several turkeys . ’ |
| 20 | Well because if , if we got , if we say you 've got a certain number of members of staff , and each full time equivalent offers you two hundred and twenty two point eight working days a year . |
| 21 | ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’ |
| 22 | They had hurt each other once and this second time around they were so tentative . |
| 23 | And this particular time I said , well maybe we should use Durex . |
| 24 | Er and this particular time of the year , it was summer of course , you we you you were n't overly worried about not having a shelter , you see . |
| 25 | At a time the stress is reduced to times the original value and this characteristic time is known as the relaxation time τ . |
| 26 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 27 | If this extra time is not carefully recorded , under appropriate section headings , vital information will be lost forever to the practice , and expensive mistakes repeated . |
| 28 | At the start of week 2 the required time to go to bed was reduced by half an hour and Keith was rewarded only if this new time was achieved . |
| 29 | Let's hope the pessimism of the last edition is firmly left behind — perhaps with Edward Pearce — and that thinkers like Stuart Hall spend less time applauding the Tories and much more time helping to rid us of what he calls this ‘ nightmare ’ . |
| 30 | So we 're gon na catch every traffic light on red now there was something I wanted to go into Wisbech for but I ca n't think for the life of me what it was , I must get stuck into this Christmas shopping again , really must so much to do and such little time to do it in oh he 's , he 's put that car down five hundred pounds , that price of that car was , that he got for sale on it seven , seven , nine , five , |