Example sentences of "[adj] in the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point it is replaced by different patterns , some of which are different in the time sequence of the light flashes from the one that he/she has previously seen . |
| 2 | He seemed especially interested in the times he had Vulcan out at night , as he did so often last year . |
| 3 | It seems likely , in short , that they have erred through applying principles which are valid for a later period but were not yet operative in the time of Molla Husrev . |
| 4 | analyse the impacts of that sector on the environment , both beneficial and adverse ; where possible place values on them ( ambitious , and perhaps not often feasible in the time available ) ; consider whether policies in that sector contribute to sustainable development in the long term . |
| 5 | Everyone was keen to work hard at seeing as much as possible in the time given — including some places not normally open to the public , for which Martin Randall had made special arrangements . |
| 6 | All those who were kind enough to offer me hospitality wanted me to see as much as possible in the time when I was not teaching . |
| 7 | Under these conditions your anxiety will be greater , as you are keen to earn as much money as possible in the time allowed . |
| 8 | On the other hand , he is suspicious of nutshell knowledge and footnote knowledge , and he wants as full an explanation of everything that is relevant as is possible in the time allowed . |
| 9 | Some of the increase must be due to migration as the maximum increase biologically possible in the time would be a doubling of the population . |
| 10 | They followed as far as possible in the time available , the practices and procedures of the permanent parliamentary boundary commission , indeed of the six members of the committees , five were members of the parliamentary boundary commissions and they were appointed to the committees after consultation with the opposition parties . |
| 11 | In what ways do you think that daily life was more pleasant in the time before this migration to the towns than it was afterwards ? |
| 12 | A similar gender difference was apparent in the time spent helping someone who lived in a separate household ; here 32 per cent of women but only 22 per cent of men spent ten hours or more each week on care-giving ( Green , 1988 , p. 21 ) . |
| 13 | ( Hobbes 's thought was eminently practical in the time of the English civil war . ) |
| 14 | The tradition of Anglo-Austrian co-operation against France , wearing thin in the time of Walpole and strained unbearably by the peace settlement of 1748 , was also submerged by the events of the 1750s . |
| 15 | And you can always catch me , if making an interview is difficult in the time |
| 16 | As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness , |
| 17 | The Rutland jurors swore on 7 December 1299 that all the vills and lands outside the bounds they then set out had been afforested in the time of King John . |
| 18 | These were as unquestioned in the time of Jenkin and Darwin as our speciesist assumptions of human rights , human dignity , and the sacredness of human life are unquestioned today . |