Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes after different periods of time there not all |
| 2 | It was unfortunate that during this period of time there were a number of pressures er on us , not just County Council for that money to be spent elsewhere and that money was er brought back to the centre and we distributed all of the the Services . |
| 3 | During this period of time he made the mistake of threatening the archdeacon , Cautinus , who fled to the court of king Theudebald , announced the death of Gallus , and was himself consecrated bishop on the king 's orders . |
| 4 | The overall effect is visually complicated and inelegant , and could only be explained by recourse to arcane ritual references , which at this distance of time we have little hope of tracing . |
| 5 | But if we go grey within the normal range of time our reaction may be an indicator of our overall attitude to the whole effect of ageing on our looks . |
| 6 | The actual length of time one is asleep before this level is reached varies from person to person . |
| 7 | In that period of time we 'd have dropped from being the largest and preferred supplier to a minority supplier |
| 8 | When you start to discover this one actually does travel through walls , the sound of it does actually does travel through walls , but as I say , it 's only a temporary measure to buy yourself a little bit of time she says . |
| 9 | In that brief fragment of time he smiled down at me . |
| 10 | An animal 's pace of life is known as its rate of physiological time to distinguish it from the natural rhythms of time which all animals share . |
| 11 | He knew it was a moment he would never forget , for in that brief space of time his world changed . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , in that brief space of time I turned up the flame . |
| 13 | He , too , seemed visibly affected by the brief amount of time he had been able to spend with his brother . |
| 14 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 15 | And now that I thought about it , I had vaguely wondered at the ‘ good time ’ I had made on my walk from the cottage , and at the leisurely stretch of time I had had on the island . |
| 16 | For quite long periods of time it went away and he forgot it . |
| 17 | From another angle , one may note that the receipt of publicity , as Florey knew well , is an astonishing waste of time which can be spent on more worthy scientific activities . |
| 18 | Therefore property passed to him when after a reasonable length of time he had failed to object . |
| 19 | for a short period of time which will have the same affect of building it up over the twenty five year period and you can use the money for er er other things . |
| 20 | Within a short period of time I had learnt how to help myself ; the pain gradually began to abate spontaneously , a great relief after nearly three years of constant discomfort . |
| 21 | At least for the short period of time he expected the combat to last . |
| 22 | The only sensible response to this , Neil decided ruefully , was to keep hold of the cane , and continue to threaten the bully with it , and for a very short space of time they circled around one another — neither man , it soon became plain , really wishing to do more than threaten . |
| 23 | One will stay with you all the time watching what he 's doing and the other one goes upstairs , while he 's left alone , and in that short space of time they can actually . |
| 24 | In other words the issue is whether there has been a gradual process of change based on clear continuities with the past or an accumulation of changes in a relatively short space of time which has fundamentally altered the structures of the UK state . |
| 25 | ‘ In that relatively short space of time we have established ourselves as a vital source of providing banking services to local people . |
| 26 | That was until Ronnie McFall came to Shamrock Park and in a short space of time we have won the League two years on the trot , runner-up last season and challenging strongly again this season . |
| 27 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 28 | In the short space of time it took him to walk across the room arm-in-arm with Mme de Ratho , he thought he saw … . |
| 29 | Very short space of time it 's gone quite a distance . |
| 30 | Q , W , E , R become C , D , E , F and S , D , F become G , A and B. Slightly awkward to start with but within a very short space of time you perform these operation without looking . |