Example sentences of "[adj] weeks [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | First , only a handful of people have spent more than a few weeks at a time in space . |
| 2 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 3 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 4 | Big undertakings like Sheffield and Worth only required twenty or thirty men each , and of course for just a few weeks at a time . |
| 5 | For a few weeks at a time , staff and Library visitors will be able to see a succession of paintings from this talented group . |
| 6 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
| 7 | As Mr Jones points out , losing a student for 12 weeks at a time is extremely disruptive to a small office and costly to the practice . |
| 8 | Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time , then you will have to reapply . |
| 9 | Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time , then you will have to reapply . |
| 10 | Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time , then you will have to reapply . |
| 11 | Seeing the cramped , coffin-like quarters in which fifty men had to live , eat , sleep and fight , often in appalling weather for up to six weeks at a time and knowing how marginal were their chances of survival , I could n't help but admire the resolution that had kept them fighting , their morale undimmed , until the very end . |
| 12 | Mr Barter said that there were many shortcomings in the valves , heat sensors and hot water system at the centre , which had been open for only six weeks at the time Mrs Ormerod was treated in it . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) Unless a licence is transferred to another employee or agent within eight weeks from the time when the employee or agent named in a licence ceases to be responsible for the day to day running of the premises to which the licence relates , the licence shall cease to have effect . |
| 14 | It should cover three weeks at a time , with allowance for holiday and sick leave . |
| 15 | It felt an ordinary place , but my father 's friend , Billy Llewelyn , could play the saw , grow black carnations , go without sleep for three weeks at a time and expand his chest from thirty-six inches to fifty-two inches in three breaths . |
| 16 | The fundamental alternatives are to advertise in bursts of , perhaps , three weeks at a time , or on a more spread-out , ‘ drip ’ basis . |
| 17 | His twenty-one months as a prisoner of war at Karlsruhe would have been satisfactory , he later calculated , ‘ had I been able to bank them and draw them two or three weeks at a time whenever I wanted a respite from ordinary experience ’ . |
| 18 | But we usually go out for about three weeks at a time then have a break of about one week to allow everybody to go home to their families , because we think that is absolutely vital ! ’ |
| 19 | He was often away a fortnight or three weeks at a time , but he came back here to use the cleaner . ’ |
| 20 | In Belgium many people do take three weeks at a time |
| 21 | State-controlled telecommunications equipment supplier Italtel SpA will shed 1,000 jobs this year , as part of its four-year restructuring plan and expects to save $22m in labour costs this year as a result ; Italtel is also planning to lay off a total of 16,500 people temporarily for five weeks at a time this year . |
| 22 | Sometimes the soldiers can be away for up to five weeks at a time . |
| 23 | Ken Davill , who has a patisserie in Ripon , makes Wilfrid pies for about five weeks around the time of the feast . |
| 24 | Twelve weeks over the time that is allotted in the programme and to do that we 're gon na have to produce the twice the rate that we 're doing now . |
| 25 | Colleges of Education , especially Aberdeen and Craigie in Scotland , offer school-based in-service training under the tutelage of college staff who live in the area for several weeks at a time . |
| 26 | He started visiting Utah regularly — ‘ Stan 's attitude to cooking is similar to mine and , of course , the snow is good ! ’ — staying in Pons ' home sometimes for several weeks at a time . |
| 27 | The use of time out from direct managerial responsibilities , and a system of rotation for perhaps several weeks at a time , would ensure the practitioner could concentrate on developing a clinical teaching role without the burdens of service demands . |
| 28 | The resources support team organized by Mr Ryder 's advisory section brought together experienced MROs and school librarians ; the team as a whole planned a range of activities , including exhibitions , in-service training , and the compilation of catalogues and lists , and in addition supplied pairs of specialists who would " " immerse themselves " in schools for up to several weeks at a time building up a resources centre and advising on the use of resources generally . " |
| 29 | Do you sometimes find that you are doing very little in the way of physical exercise for several weeks at a time ? |
| 30 | Past IRA campaigns have concentrated on similar targets for several weeks at a time . |