Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [num] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Restrict sugary snacks to four times per day . |
| 2 | Reduce sugary snacks to three times a day . |
| 3 | Obviously you will find it easier to multiply the ingredients and make several daily servings at one time . |
| 4 | And Mary Queen of Scots at one time |
| 5 | Christian missionaries at one time tried to have brideprice payments prohibited by law on the grounds that such payments reduced the bride to the status of a chattel slave ! |
| 6 | Clergy at one time might , for example , claim as many members as possible , forgetting , perhaps , to remove from the list those who have died or moved to another parish ; a subsequent introduction of ‘ potential giving ’ or per capita assessment for a maintenance -of-ministry-fund could result in their rapidly removing any ‘ dead wood ’ in order to reduce the costly membership figures to an absolute minimum . |
| 7 | The whole area was much dryer than it used to be , and Edward suspected that something had interfered with the water table ; there had been nesting moorhens at one time — now only the occasional toad was left . |
| 8 | two tutors at one time |
| 9 | Another resident , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ Everyone has had trouble with the gangs at one time or another . |
| 10 | Government scientists have found pesticide residues in carrots at 10 times the maximum permitted level . |
| 11 | There were three schools at one time , a dame school , British school and National school . |
| 12 | MacLachlan , moreover , was not averse to seeking further advantages for himself , for while acknowledging Milton 's assistance in getting him a tack of two farms in Morvern for nineteen years , which would scarcely appear to be a short lease , he complained that he had been informed that other tenants had obtained tacks of three times the length of that which he had from the Duke of Argyll , urging that he could ‘ be as usefull as any in that Countrey by introduceing a cheap method of improvement and otherwise ’ . |
| 13 | That 's quite an accolade coming from an instructor who has 500 hours of P-40 time in seven of the eighteen P-40s worldwide which still fly . |
| 14 | Mecdi has certainly taken Taskopruzade to mean that Molla Fenari held the posts simultaneously , for he adds to Taskopruzade 's statement about his holding the offices the sentence : " He united the aforementioned posts at one time . " |
| 15 | Evidently societies , like individuals can handle only so many concerns at one time … |
| 16 | Amongst the many who have owned pubs at one time or another , Willie Johnson runs ‘ The Port Rae Bar ’ in Kirkcaldy , Doug Smith the ex-Dundee United centre — half runs ‘ The Athletic Bar ’ in Dundee 's Hilltown , Joe McBride the former Celtic striker runs ‘ The Wee Mill ’ near Shawfield , Danny McGrain runs ‘ Danny Mac 's ’ at Parkhead Cross , Davie Hay briefly managed his own pub and Dixie Deans of Celtic runs Carluke 's ‘ Station Bar ’ . |
| 17 | Most of the major software houses have offered competitive upgrades at one time or another , and see it as a good way to gain a bigger market share . |
| 18 | you know those orange drinks , which it says real oranges in nine times out of ten , it is n't there 's always some additives and what have you |
| 19 | In the Waltzes there is a near operatic freedom in the melody of Op. 42 with its cunning mix of duple and triple rhythm , a charming decorative aside at bar 20 in the E flat , Op. 18 ( only in the 1943 version ) and a puckish mercurial touch throughout that banishes all possible monotony from so many pieces in three time . |
| 20 | Do this exercise three times and then increasing over a period of three weeks to six times . |
| 21 | Do n't forget , too , the Grand Opera House has two score of inexpensive slip seats sold only after ten of the clock on the day and they are excellent seats too — far better than seats at twenty times their price in great opera houses around the world . |
| 22 | There were two packing stations at one time . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never heard of anyone driving as many as 100 elephants at one time , ’ Douglas-Hamilton told the task force when we returned to Palembang . |
| 24 | German experts have estimated costs at five times this amount . |
| 25 | Many funds were promising substantial returns , in some cases up 10 times the invested value within a year , and for this reason the number of citizens choosing to place their investments with them exceeding predictions . |
| 26 | For a year to count , you must have paid , or been credited with , contributions on earnings of 52 times the Lower Earnings Limit or more . |
| 27 | Twelve pennies and then use them you know the way we were working out things like three times four makes twelve . |
| 28 | The repetition period of the current changes from three times to six times the basic period . |
| 29 | In our experience , however , the three times daily dosing gives eradication rates of approximately 90% , well in accordance with published figures on four times daily dosing . |
| 30 | Two-dimensional spaces are particularly easy to visualize and so make an ideal vehicle for introducing the concepts that will be used later in discussing curvature in space–time ( three spatial dimensions plus one time dimension ) . |