Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fifth study carried out in 1958 , raised problems about the position of women within the unions , which proved difficult to handle within the sociological thinking of that time . |
| 2 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 3 | Martin Randall believes in allowing his clients off the leash for a good deal of unorganised time , which enabled me to enjoy my favourite occupation : finding my own way around a new city . |
| 4 | Whilst the College was in recess we had a great deal of spare time . |
| 5 | Now in this respect , of course , twenty-five years is rather a short time in the life of a university , and a good deal of this time has been spent in building up a research base , and now , as you mentioned in your erm remarks a few moments ago , Andrew , we have an enviable research record in a very wide range of disciplines . |
| 6 | Privatization , like nationalization , imposes a stiff workload and absorbs a great deal of parliamentary time . |
| 7 | The practical problem of choosing a course of action is compounded by the difficulty of predicting the consequences of a particular pollution without spending a great deal of precious time on the problem : |
| 8 | Our strong regional and branch structure is a tremendous asset and I pay tribute to the many members centrally and regionally who give a great deal of voluntary time to the profession and their Institute . |
| 9 | A vast bulk of political time was taken up with the importunacy of subjects : petitions for an office or a wardship or a lease of Crown land ; begging letters for pensions ; suits for a pardon ; requests for the Crown 's help in a law-case . |
| 10 | RED RUM is certainly Aintree 's best-known name , equine or human , and arguably the most popular horse of all time . |
| 11 | At just 46 he is the third youngest president of all time and five years younger than the voice of rebellious youth , Bob Dylan . |
| 12 | The most fêted boxer of all time , Muhammad Ali , was adored because of the skill he brought to the ring . |
| 13 | Muhammad Ali Memories ( Rizzoli International Publications Pounds 17.95 ) is a celebration in pictures of the career of the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time . |
| 14 | For example , a child might be told that certain behaviours will result in the loss of free time ; if the child misbehaves , the penalty creates a contingent relationship in which the child has less time to play . |
| 15 | The failure to complete homework for example , results in the loss of television-viewing time . |
| 16 | The second item of research was that undertaken by Morrison and MacIntyre ( 1969 , also quoted in Georgiades and Phillimore , 1975 ) who had found that ‘ changes in sensitivity towards pupil/ teacher relationships developed during initial training were reversed as a result of full time teaching within a relatively short time ’ . |
| 17 | 6 IF super Mario Bros 3 had been a film it would have been the biggest earning movie of all time . |
| 18 | The film sticks to the same ‘ kid beats dumb robbers ’ formula which made the original Home Alone the third-highest grossing movie of all time and top comedy with takings of over £330 million worldwide . |
| 19 | A couple of years ago I witnessed probably the most heavy groundbaiting programme of all time . |
| 20 | The Youth Training Programme offers an integrated two year programme of full time training and training with employment to all 16 and 17 year olds in Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | St Augustine did not explain how the mind could be an accurate chronometer for the timing of external events , but as the pioneer of the study of psychological time he stands in the front rank of those who have contributed to the understanding of our sense of time . |
| 22 | Substitute Ropati 's try , after neat work by Bishop , came on the stroke of full time as Warrington relaxed in the warmth of this surprisingly easy victory . |
| 23 | Comrades however had the last say when Dean Gordon grabbed a consolation goal for them on the stroke of full time . |
| 24 | As time ran out , Martin Cool right on the stroke of full time got in a great volley , it was well held by Ken Vasey . |
| 25 | Jamie Richmond added another on the stroke of half time and Gert Jan Vreevurg brought the score up to 7-0 with a slapshot from the point . |
| 26 | Lang restored Instonians lead to four points before McGarry replied with a fine penalty on the stroke of half time . |
| 27 | Jimmy Phillips gave Middlesbrough brief hope of a revival from the penalty spot two minutes later after Mike Hooper hauled down John Hendrie , but Steve McManaman restored respectability to the scoreline when he turned home Liverpool 's third on the stroke of half time from Don Hutchison 's raking pass . |
| 28 | But they made no mistake on the stroke of half time when Stevenson pounced on an Elliott pass to crack the ball through a ruck of bodies after Wrexham failed to clear a free kick . |
| 29 | Portsmouth took the lead in their match at Fratton Park against Bournemouth through Clark , right on the stroke of half time . |
| 30 | Steve Foster was desperately unlucky not to score when he 'd bludgeoned his way through , right on the stroke of half time . |