Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , this decline is not ‘ comparable to ’ that in the Mirror , but given that The Times was ‘ a newspaper of record ’ whilst the Mirror was a popular newspaper , one can argue that the decline in The Times ’ coverage was more serious . |
| 2 | Under this head belongs every form of words by which , in speaking of a proposed measure of relief , an intimation is given that the time at which the proposal is made , whenever it may be , is too early for the purpose . |
| 3 | It really is 365 days a year because there are issues to be addressed all the time . ’ |
| 4 | Then of course it seemed to have been predetermined all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ Women are usually the weak ones who get rescued all the time . ’ |
| 6 | Other subjects include Place Names , Folklore , Clan Donald , Natural History with ornithology particularly covered , Geology , Transport , Distilling and a large section under the heading Descriptions , New material is being added all the time and a library list is printed from time to time . |
| 7 | You 'll find you soon get through the day that way , and you 're occupied all the time which is the important thing . ’ |
| 8 | This possibility should always be in the mind of the pilot and some reserve of height must be carried all the time . |
| 9 | I could have forgotten all the times we had enjoyed together , where we 'd been , what we 'd done ? |
| 10 | Rattled all the time ! |
| 11 | Independent advice er comes from major brokers , the banks and building societies have come out of independent advice pretty well , because they 've decided that it 's expensive and a hassle , cos we 're regulated all the time and of course it makes , we 've , we 've got to analyze the products on the market , so we 've got to pay people to do that . |
| 12 | It is your personality and your personal care that is going to be noticed all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the sort of thing that 's done all the time , in other households . ’ |
| 14 | Well of course , no , I mean more can be done all the time er clearly there are some quite difficult areas about priority and where people would choose to invest their money , but certainly in the long run AIDS H I V is a crucial issue facing society , drugs misuse or drugs use is an absolutely integral part of that whole problem . |
| 15 | Major movies are being made all the time in other countries , particularly in Australia and Britain , so I 'm not in any race to get to Hollywood . |
| 16 | Even allowing that man 's capacity to overlook what he does not want to see is almost unlimited , the folk of this age can hardly have failed to observe that new law was being made all the time . |
| 17 | In practice , and at innumerable levels where decisions have to be made , this assumption is made all the time . |
| 18 | New demands on time and men were being made all the time . |
| 19 | Yet decisions about the significance , for entry into higher education , of school-level achievement in public examinations are made all the time — and it is odd that they seem to be made without reference to CNAA , BTEC or the NCVQ . |
| 20 | Does lazy , for example , mean the person arrives late every day , or takes an excessive lunch break , or never volunteers for anything , or lies about with his eyes closed half the time ? |
| 21 | They just could n't be bothered half the time . |
| 22 | He had been batting steadily and was well set , and since England , 328 ahead with three wickets left , were apparently in control they should have used all the time available to build up their score . |
| 23 | If you want to stock to 100 or 150ml size then ask your local chemist to order you a box of amber glass medicine bottles — they are used all the time in a dispensing chemist and a manufacturer 's box of 50 is relatively cheap . |
| 24 | Blatant attempts at suggesting status and covering up inadequacies are used all the time in the business world — to show connections and influence , establish a good track record or to create a mystique about something . |
| 25 | Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario . |
| 26 | Drugs are used all the time in contemporary society . |
| 27 | Tessa grew testy about the line 's being used all the time , and said that the Bulgarians were the worst lovers in the Balkans , as though that were a world-known fact , like the trying nature to others of our gentle Scottish weather . |
| 28 | ‘ He said it had hardly ever been used intentionally to murder people in Europe , though it 's being used all the time out East for helping relatives on to the next world . |
| 29 | Mr Major therefore made a stab at the second — though it might seem that after 11 years in office , Mrs Thatcher 's radical government should have had all the time it needed for tax reform . |
| 30 | Certainly Mike had all the time in the world to launch a right hook , but Patsy also must have had all the time in the world to see it , for he simply swayed back on his heels and the punch missed by over a foot . |