Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easier to set the time of ‘ The Outsiders ’ as the early 60 's or late 50's , even though the date is n't made obvious . |
| 2 | Yes , I , I think really that 's why it 's a lot easier to read the time on an analogue display than it is on a digital display . |
| 3 | Some may find it inconvenient to take the time off work to be screened . |
| 4 | Some may find it inconvenient to take the time off work to be screened . |
| 5 | This brings the time of resuming sexual relations right up to what is for most women the most fertile time of the month . |
| 6 | It is possible to pinpoint the time of this decision of the Jewish leaders if Mark 's account is followed . |
| 7 | By time-stamping a call-slip on its submission , and by recording on its second copy the time of its arrival , accompanied by the relevant book , in the Reading Room , it was possible to determine the time taken for a reader 's request to be satisfied . |
| 8 | However , for anyone who knows what the expression the Derby means , it would almost certainly have been more informative to tag the time of utterance as Derby Day , 80 . |
| 9 | As we have seen , by 1948 the British government seemed to have modified its attitude , and many thought the time to be more propitious for attempting to pull Britain more firmly within the European orbit . |
| 10 | They 're sure to have the time of their lives at the Pirates Club or Club 16 , enjoying hours of fun with newfound friends and leaving you with new-found freedom . |
| 11 | The existing age of transfer was to be kept at eleven to keep the time in grammar school to at least four years , since the ‘ new ’ school leaving age was to be fifteen . |
| 12 | He was used to such things , and he had been able to pass the time by fulfilling an old ambition , to read Edward Gibbon 's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the original English . |
| 13 | Hope was generally busy , but with the three of us I should be able to snatch the time for a letter in the small hours . |
| 14 | If invited and able to get the time off work , he will go to races anywhere in the world , whatever the distance , yet he never trains for any particular race . |
| 15 | Another term implied by the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 concerns the time for performance . |
| 16 | It would be possible to specify the time of an utterance as stretching between say 9.33 a.m. and 9.34 a.m. on 5 June 1961 , specifying the utterance in terms of clock and calendar time , good standard systems . |