Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elisha was the man that God had equipped for that time in history , in that land , and for the specific needs of individual people around him . |
| 2 | Anybody who lived through that time in Oswaldston will have a lot of memories of it-some of them bitter , some of them funny . |
| 3 | Last year , at about this time in the summer , my daughter Isobel , and a friend , Peta Sherwood , made a similar journey by rail , and with the same ideas ; to keep a diary and to record , in paint , the passing days . |
| 4 | A remarkable change for the worse took place about this time in the hitherto retired neighbourhood of Southall Green . |
| 5 | As with a similar Bill that was around at about this time in 1987 , this Bill is the product of the Government 's imagination . |
| 6 | However , top management became aware that all of the work-force reductions , although necessary , were not attacking the basic problem : the organization had been designed for another time in history rather than for the competitive world in which it now lived . |
| 7 | One man of great influence in public relations , Edward L Bernays , a nephew of Sigmund Freud , emerged during this time in America . |
| 8 | Indeed , the Broadwater Farm Youth Association has expressed its concern about the situation to the police on a number of occasions , and in August 1989 went so far as to close the youth centre on the estate for some time in an effort to stop dealers congregating there . |
| 9 | After closure of Woodhead as a through route , the Sheffield to Penistone section was retained for some time in order to allow upgrading of the route via Barnsley . |
| 10 | Consolidation has been accompanied by an increase in renting , a phenomenon which existed for some time in African shanty towns , before it became common in Latin America . |
| 11 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 12 | I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance . |
| 13 | After we had admired the panorama for some time in silence , I said , ‘ It 's lovely , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | Because there was no sign that Marian and Allen had regained the highway ahead of them the verderers agreed that there were three possibilities : the first , that the children would lie hidden for some time in dense woodland until it was safe for them to return to the ride ; the second , that they would try to work their way around the Swamp to the north but that since they would be away from paths this would be difficult and slow ; and the third , that they might try to reach the outlaws ' camp by passing the Swamp to the south . |
| 15 | One practice we have followed for some time in mid-week housegroups is to follow up and apply further what has been taught on Sunday . |
| 16 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |
| 17 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 18 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |
| 19 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 20 | In its rough state , he showed it to the Professor , who bent his grey beard over the neat script , and read for some time in silence . |
| 21 | The Consorzio Venezia Nuova has already been active for some time in redesigning the network of channels in the lagoon , consolidating the barene ( patches of mud flat just above the surface of the water ) and other similar measures . |
| 22 | There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine . |
| 23 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
| 24 | Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas . |
| 25 | For some time in social policy it has been appreciated that local administrations do not simply act as transmitters of national legislation and guidance . |
| 26 | At the time of writing , the founding session of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Leipzig ( the Free Academy of the Arts ) is being planned for some time in May . |
| 27 | At the time of writing , the founding session of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Leipzig ( the Free Academy of the Arts ) is being planned for some time in May . |
| 28 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 29 | You may be expected as well to have already worked for some time in a related financial area , such as stock broking . |
| 30 | Plans for the extension of the war in Vietnam had existed for some time in the Pentagon . |