Example sentences of "['s] time [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for its Alpha plans , BCO hinted that the new kit could be upgraded to Alpha technology in a year 's time but it will not commit to any definite Alpha policy . |
| 2 | The problem of how to produce a red wine was as acute in Dom Pérignon 's time as it is today , but according to Frère Pierre he found a solution to the problem by using old vines and selecting only the ripest grapes ; he was thus able to achieve three or four successful vintages of decently coloured wines for about every ten , when the vines might enjoy exceptional warmth during the summer . |
| 3 | The Government controls Parliament 's time and it is therefore able to limit debate where its proposals are proving controversial or where a rational examination of them is turning out to be embarrassing . |
| 4 | It is her garden that now absorbs much of C.Z. 's time and it was a logical step for Bowles and photographer Pamela Hanson to use it as a setting for their fashion story ( p 162 ) , highlighting some of the key ideas for the season . |
| 5 | I was learning at a place where we hired the computer 's time and it was cheaper to get a night run . |
| 6 | Yep , now nowadays erm they 've got the best , I mean the equipment is excellent , er it came in my time erm my predecessor 's time and it 's been carried on now and new developments have come in , erm and with , of course techniques in , not only dealing with the chemicals in , in making safe afterwards which is twice as complicated I think , you know the decontamination side , the clearing up , the protecting of the environment from toxic chemicals er which we 've all heard about in newspapers , and read reports and seen it on television , these , these accidents up and down the world . |
| 7 | It is a waste of everyone 's time because it is just a case of sour grapes as we were losing . |
| 8 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |
| 9 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 10 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |