Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [prep] some time " in BNC.

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1 All of you who read these words have at some time in your youth dreamt the biggest dreams .
2 Certificates have for some time been sent in postal tubes by recorded delivery to Divisional Secretaries .
3 First of all , you have to ascertain whether your strategy up the first part of the beat will make you want to carry on sailing on starboard tack for some time after the starting signal , or to tack onto port as soon as possible after the start .
4 It added : ‘ This explosion deepens the cracks in a monarchy which a number of Britons have for some time regarded with a mixture of indifference and contempt . ’
5 Most people who use an analogue mobile phone have at some time been unhappy with the call quality , and an unfortunate few have experienced the unpleasant side effects of deliberate or accidental ‘ eavesdropping ’ .
6 Most cats spray at some time , but usually away from home base .
7 This is an important shift away from the concept that a firm is competent to carry out investment business and may be authorised solely on the grounds that its partners have at some time qualified as chartered accountants .
8 Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm .
9 Oh it 's had all new windows put in some time has n't it ?
10 Political scientists have for some time tried to grapple with the question : what difference , if any , does party control of the government make to political outputs ?
11 A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time .
12 Percentage of pupils absent at some time during the week in November was 30% .
13 Almost men have at some time an intimation of being more than the material , and the appearance and personality .
14 Non-flying mammals have for some time been suspected to be pollinators in a number of vegetation types outside the tropics and , in recent years , this has been proved to be so in both South Africa and Australia .
15 ‘ 87 per cent of women work at some time in your lives . ’
16 Again , most women have at some time come across specimens of English anti-feminism , though the geography of this unpleasant addiction does not follow national boundaries or even religious ones although both have their own special effects .
17 Other satellite services have for some time been offering a kind of one-sided videoconferencing facility .
18 Although it has yet to displace the older established metal in western sentiment , court jewellers have for some time been using platinum as a more appropriate setting for diamonds than gold .
19 Nursing organisations in New South Wales have for some time been discussing specific roles of the nurse practitioner with the Department of Health , the outcome of which has been eagerly awaited by the Australian Medical Association ( AMA ) and nursing organisations in other states .
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