Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reginald Bray , a friend of Masterman 's , would remark on the same development : As Bray organised the arguments of Iris powerful Christian treatise on The Town Child ( 1907 ) around deep shades of pastoral contrast between the serenity of natural phenomena and what he regarded as the unnatural and shallow inconsistency of the irreverent city , he thought that ‘ the most remarkable effect of an urban environment is to be sought in the disappearance of the habit of self-control ’ : The riotous jingo crowds which had accompanied the Ladysmith and Mafeking celebrations during the Boer War had indeed provided one of the most visible manifestations of these perceived alterations among the British people , and observing that ‘ to ‘ Maffick ’ ’ is not really congenial to the British character' The Times ( 30 October 1900 ) had mused upon whether ‘ our national character was changing for the worse ’ . |
| 2 | He thought that he had heard the house door close : McAllister must have left for a stroll , or perhaps even a visit up West , and it would be safe for him to leave the surgery where he had been reading Mr H. G. Wells 's scientific romance The Time Machine , and return to the comfort of his armchair . |
| 3 | By producing this Bill , and by everything that they have done , are doing and will do , the Government are endeavouring to give British Coal the time and the means to meet what we perceive as longer-term needs . |
| 4 | On the following day The Times demanded the formation of " Conservative Guards " who were to be drawn from " the whole mass of householders " . |
| 5 | For the shadowed person the time taken for explanation may bring an awareness that some of their routines may be ready for review . |
| 6 | Many readers of our most respected newspaper The Times could not have disagreed more . |
| 7 | As with the centesimal system the time will depend on the acuteness of the symptoms , the chronicity of the complaint and the vitality of the patient but there has always been the question of when to repeat the remedy if the response is insufficient having regard to the severity of the symptoms . |
| 8 | In the absence of the secondary market the time required to raise new capital would be prolonged and the costs involved increased . |
| 9 | In the above case The Times mentioned that ‘ the rapist has been leading a fox-style existence living rough in wooded countryside ’ , but within a few months it was clear , in yet another case , that it is the nickname itself which becomes crucial rather than any particular style of existence . |
| 10 | Now , I could count on the thumbs of my right hand the times I 've forgotten myself in a theatre . |
| 11 | She just waited until the storm was over , when she pulled a clean handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Annunziata , remembering with a tiny moment of irrepressible pleasure the time when David had done the same for her . |
| 12 | Under a computerised system the time taken to send an applicant a letter and update his/her record should be around 7½ seconds . |
| 13 | With VR2 providing minimum resistance the time period is less than one second but at maximum resistance , it is four minutes approximately . |
| 14 | WITH NEW legislation due on the statute books in the New Year the time available to make application for Light Railway Orders is running out . |