Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 2 | These are now kept on computer disc and copies can be run iff at any time . |
| 3 | There are several smart new dwellings here , no doubt built upon the old closes and orchards where at one time the Anabaptists were buried . |
| 4 | " Here are the Maplin Sands , off Foulness Island , where at one time we were going to have a great new airport complex , " he said . |
| 5 | And with Venus in your own sign between February 2 and June 6 , there has to be more love and fulfilment around than for some time . |
| 6 | In fact he is probably feeling fresher and sharper now , hungrier to resume his England career than for some time . |
| 7 | ‘ The paperback market had now improved somewhat , and we believe that book production capacity and demand are more in balance than for some time ’ , he added . |
| 8 | Whether due to Anglo-American action or not , the Middle East became temporarily quieter than for some time . |
| 9 | Ian Rock , the chief executive , said yesterday : ‘ The group 's position is more stable than for some time , but it still requires a substantial improvement in the economy and a solution to the group 's gearing before it can achieve satisfactory returns on shareholders ’ funds . ’ |
| 10 | The company is now looking at a future that is brighter than for any time in the past 20 years . |
| 11 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 12 | In the period February 21st-26th , the French losses amounted to 25,000 men , and , although during that time the ratio of French and German casualties was reliably estimated at three to one , by the 29th German losses had already passed the 25,000 mark . |
| 13 | In the first case , fieldworkers may have wished to retain certain functions , such as working directly with children and young people , as their prerogative , because they considered themselves to be better trained to undertake these tasks , albeit with limited time at their disposal and with , in some instances , limited skills . |
| 14 | This has resulted in siblings being born much closer together than in earlier time periods . |
| 15 | The outlook is not entirely bleak and it is reckoned that of those who enrol at a clinic , for whatever reason , about 40 per cent will be drug-free within ten years , although within that time , too , 15 per cent of opiate addicts may well be dead . |
| 16 | Except at mating time , tigers are solitary animals . |
| 17 | Getting to the Health Centre was a tedious business involving a bus and a clanking ride for a few stops on the underground and Erika was glad to find her way to it , jammed among the usual blocks of flats , although at that time of night they had rather a festive air with every window lighted . |
| 18 | While in hospital I had mentioned to my surgeon that I intended to go to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre , although at that time I had not actually made up my mind . |
| 19 | ‘ The Famous Grouse sponsored Scotland 's tour to New Zealand in 1990 and through that Matthew Gloag and Son Limited learned a lot about rugby and rugby sponsorship , although at that time no suitable rugby sponsorship of world standing was available . |
| 20 | Although at that time the Unix PC was the most successful Unix product ever , by May 1986 ( UX No 79 ) , AT&T was struggling to market thousands of the things held in stock — it had wanted to sell a million of them — and had co-opted Convergent on to the job too . |
| 21 | Duchamp-Villon , although at that time not personally in touch with the group , was on the committee of the Salon d'Automne of 1911 and together with La Fresnaye , Desvallières and one or two others , was largely responsible for persuading the hostile jury to include the paintings submitted by the Cubists . |
| 22 | Now in the old we had er quite a reasonable scheme on this actual erm but you see , about ten years ago I think it was , there was another estate built on to , it 's called and although at that time we made the strongest possible representation for improvements and traffic calming in which is the only road that goes in and nothing was done . |
| 23 | At , for example , the site of San Antonio on the Hondo River to the east of Pulltrouser Swamp it seems the platforms are natural formations , although at one time Maya farmers grew crops on them . |
| 24 | Burton started a Welsh male voice choir — ‘ although at one time there were only two Welshmen in the camp ’ — and at one stage , up at Docking in Norfolk , he seems to have done everything but declare the place an independent colony . |
| 25 | Markets are not inanimate objects or systems , although at one time it was fashionable to regard them as being so . |
| 26 | Although at one time it was considered relevant only to study child language when words appeared , we are now able to consider language development as a continuous process from birth . |
| 27 | The second reserve we visited was inland , although at one time the impressive limestone cliffs fringing the Hervey Nature Reserve had been coastal and some of the plants found here today reflect this marine ancestry . |
| 28 | Barbara Markusen , a noted author on library networking , has commented that although at one time the public library was the largest source of books and research materials in most cities , this is no longer the case . |
| 29 | ( See the earliest drawing ) , was unsatisfactory , so in September 1908 a trial tee was constructed somewhere near what is now the ladies ' winter tee on the 16th , the 17th green being more or less as we know today , although at this time a twin green with the first . |
| 30 | ‘ The Old Pretender ’ , as he is commonly known , although at this time still only 19 , was a tall , dark figure , said to resemble Charles II in appearance , though not in character , for he was cold , reserved and prematurely pious , carrying candles in religious processions . |