Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems reasonable to assume that the arrangements could be completed effectively within that time . |
| 2 | First we should ask whether it is necessary to popular participation that all should be gathered together at one time in one place . |
| 3 | And through them all does there not run a consistency of effort to strengthen the ties of monastic life , to bring back those in error , to wait patiently for better times , while occupying his time with theological work , with preaching and counselling the erring , for whom he displays an affectionate concern — even for the king . |
| 4 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 6 | It concluded that the Simonian concept of state medicine was far in advance of public opinion and was likely to remain so for some time to come . |
| 7 | Months ago they were passing strangers , chucked together at check-in times . |
| 8 | This has been altered greatly in later times and was neglected in the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Ankles remain together at all times and feet should be over the knees . |
| 10 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 11 | I should know better by this time , because not only do these things then happen , but my machines do something even worse . |
| 12 | Then it stays in the burrow alone , visited only at feeding times , for nearly two months . |
| 13 | One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time , move apart , and then come together again and annihilate each other . |
| 14 | [ Honeymoon , by the way , just in case you ca n't cut the etymological mustard , has only in recent times come to denote a nuptial holiday involving the purchase of duty-free goods and the taking of too many colour prints of exactly the same scene . |
| 15 | Estimates based on volumes of erupted material in fact show that the discharge from volcanoes forming island arcs and continental-margin orogens averages a very modest 1 km 3 a- 1 This rate has no doubt varied somewhat through geological time as the rate of lithospheric subduction has changed . |
| 16 | After lunch ( at about two o'clock ) many of us feel tired and may take a short nap , even though body temperature does not nominally fall much at this time . |
| 17 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 18 | Brian Hopgood of Marsden Avenue , Irby , said he played for ADS Graphics in the first half but became a spectator when he was substituted just after half time . |
| 19 | The accident rate rose notably from that time ( Labour Research , 1987b ) — a rate not helped by BT 's cut in its safety officers which started in 1985 . |
| 20 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 21 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 22 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 23 | He had businesses in the North and used regularly at this time of year at the end of the summer sales , to go the rounds of his shops , take stock , examine the books , and so on . |
| 24 | If a record that is updated or accessed frequently in one time period is likely not to be referenced at all in the next , any analysis breaks down and the equal access assumption is the best guide for design decisions . |
| 25 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 26 | This fascinating story is one of many such in Roger Lonsdale 's anthology of Eighteenth-Century Women Poets , not just a marvellous piece of scholarship but as richly entertaining and original a book as I have come across for some time . |
| 27 | The ‘ opposition ’ governors imagine themselves to be more important than they really are ; they have state , not federal , responsibilities ; their comments on federal matters should therefore not be regarded as of primary importance ; and , if they were reported fully at all times , this would be giving them a greater prominence in national affairs than they deserve . |
| 28 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 29 | They survived anxious moments near the end of 90 minutes when Dave Connell and David Jeffrey went close for Ards but rallied again in extra time . |
| 30 | ( The move from Aigai to the more central Pella looks forward to hellenistic times : cp. p. 211 ; also p. 48 on the way Sicily too simultaneously shows ‘ archaic ’ and ‘ hellenistic ’ features . |