Example sentences of "[conj] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the software , further overflow records may take no additional time — if it is not necessary to follow all chains — or the average time per overflow record may be nR/2 , where there are n overflow records per track and every overflow chain has to be followed during a record search . |
| 2 | She did n't read the English Times or the Irish Times , which were the only two papers that came into the house . |
| 3 | Maybe after you overcome the awkwardness of the first , or the second time , it 's really very easy . |
| 4 | 5. the Telegraph , The Times , or the Financial Times |
| 5 | No , n or The Financial Times . |
| 6 | Clearly you would n't write in the same way for the Sun as you would for the Times or the Financial Times or the Guardian , or the Cambridge local paper . |
| 7 | It went into your jotter , your jotter was handed in on the Monday morning , or the first time you went to the eng the English class and the teacher was his name , he went over that and if you 'd missed out a comma , you see or a full stop or anything like that . |
| 8 | Unlike the way he had spoken to her earlier , or the previous time they had met . |
| 9 | The ‘ change of life-style ’ argument is unsound because the change is not necessarily greater the further you fly or the more time zones you cross . |
| 10 | not for the first , or the last time to come — |
| 11 | It would not be the first or the last time . |
| 12 | Note that justices should ask for evidence of the time of sunset and sunrise where the exact time is in question and that this offence can be committed at any time . |
| 13 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 14 | No one had mentioned how fast the trains were going : nor the precise time of impact , not down to the minute . |
| 15 | Not that time , nor the next time they went ; nor the next , nor the next … |
| 16 | The next time it rang he was so absorbed in the problem of getting the pistol to work that he did not notice it ; nor the next time either . |
| 17 | Coleridge and Southey optimistically calculated that two or three hours daily labour would be all that was required , and that the remaining time could be given up to ‘ study , liberal discussions , and the education of their children ’ . |
| 18 | I have noticed , once the fish have begun feeding and I have set up a steady rhythm with the swimfeeder , that the crucial time for getting bites is up to thirty seconds after the ‘ feeder has hit the surface . |
| 19 | " We take it that the crucial time is from six-fifteen when he was last seen alive in his lab , until midnight ? " |
| 20 | It was calculated that the estimated time en route would have been approximately three hours and thirty-one minutes with a fuel reserve of thirty-two minutes if the flight was flown at an altitude of 31,000 feet , and a fuel reserve of nineteen minutes if the flight was flown at 28,000 feet . |
| 21 | The complication here is that the total time period is more than 20 years , and obviously the earlier workers will have had time to publish many more papers than those finishing their studies in recent years , but the dataset is so large that such effects will be the same for all universities , i.e. they will be self-cancelling . |
| 22 | The complication here is that the total time period is more than 20 years , and obviously the earlier workers will have had time to publish many more papers than those finishing their studies in recent years , but the dataset is so large that such effects will be the same for all universities , i.e. they will be self-cancelling . |
| 23 | It may be that the only times the parents show joint concern is when the child misbehaves and so the child continues to be difficult as it keeps the family together . |
| 24 | The main obstacle was that the only time available for training was late at night . |
| 25 | I knew that the only time I had actually seen them was when I had wiped or picked away my own pus . |
| 26 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 27 | Another said , ‘ I do n't like the implication that the only time we ever think about what we are doing is when we 've got an appraisal ’ . |
| 28 | Increasingly it had seemed that the only time Laura saw Ross was when he slid into bed at night , and would once again become the demanding and passionate lover she had married . |
| 29 | That the only time he can see me is next Tuesday night ? |
| 30 | The recent surge in stockmarket volume and the hasty dusting-down of the houses ' new-issue departments threaten to bring quick profit back to the industry and delude its bosses that the good times are returning . |