Example sentences of "[num ord] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyberscience says that reports can often be produced in a hundredth of the time that it takes with Cobol . |
| 2 | If a message can be compressed one hundred times , it can be transmitted in one hundredth of the time , or transmitted at the same speed through a channel with one hundredth of the band width , and it can be stored in one hundredth of the volume of the original . |
| 3 | Tosh , also a junior , came home second in a time of 1.29.32 with Belfast 's Gary Wilson a close third in 1.30.05 . |
| 4 | So we want to do this is in a sixth of the time , right ? |
| 5 | This is one sixth of the time . |
| 6 | Now we want this job in one sixth of the time . |
| 7 | One sixth of the time . |
| 8 | You do , in fact , dream , for up to one fifth of the time you 're asleep . |
| 9 | The rules say that any beam-line must be available for general use at least one third of the time . |
| 10 | These are far-ranging debates on the state of the economy , though for some third of the time members have actually talked about taxation . |
| 11 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 12 | And with son Peter living at Norwich , he and his wife can travel there in a third of the time it would take by road . |
| 13 | At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers . |
| 14 | At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers . |
| 15 | WKSH allows programmers to write windowing apps in shell language , reportedly in about a tenth of the time of an equivalent C-based X Windows application . |
| 16 | If I go ten times as fast , I get there in one tenth of the time . |
| 17 | Well it 'll take a tenth of the time would n't it . |
| 18 | He says , We want this job done in a tenth of the time . |
| 19 | A good computer system will reduce the processing of applicants to about one tenth of the time required under a manual system . |
| 20 | In many companies there would undoubtedly be scope for reducing staff , or at any rate switching resources to more productive tasks , bearing in mind that the system reduces recruitment administration to one tenth of the time required under a manual system . |
| 21 | The benefits in terms of reliability and speed are dramatic enough — reckons that what took 20 minutes to send down a line can now take a tenth of the time . |
| 22 | Ledingham 's time was 92.00 ahead of Connors on 96.63 and himself on Garraun in third with a time of 98.54 . |
| 23 | Following well-rehearsed dismounting drills , the riflemen poured out of the Warriors and in next to no time were providing their own fire support as the Warriors reversed away at high speed to give covering fire from positions where they would be less vulnerable to short-range anti-tank weapons . |
| 24 | We show you how a flash of inspiration and a little cash can transform your house in next to no time |
| 25 | Using simple cross-stitch the tartan-inspired design can be worked quickly so you 'll see the results in next to no time |
| 26 | Although each of its trading locations around the world maintains its own accounts records , these records can be consolidated in next to no time to obtain an accountant's-eye view of Sumitomo 's overall position , because physically they are all stored on a single computer . |
| 27 | In next to no time a puncture cost him his lead and a further 11 seconds . |
| 28 | You 'll notice the difference right away as the Steamatic gets to work , removing dirt , grease and grime in next to no time . |
| 29 | If insufficient force is maintained , or relaxed for a moment , the aircraft will try and turn which will produce a roll and in next to no time the aircraft is inverted and on its way down . |
| 30 | In next to no time , the law had been amended to permit ‘ pest control ’ , and a £100,000 expedition had been mounted to track the animal down . |