Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing the thing about MPs is they they think erm You have to be fairly careful because I I spend quite a lot of time interviewing MPs and I I think that er er they 're quite interesting some of the time to talk to . |
| 2 | Was this guideline followed : 1 Hardly any of the time ? 2 Some of the time ? 3 Most of the time ? 4 All of the time ? |
| 3 | These are far-ranging debates on the state of the economy , though for some third of the time members have actually talked about taxation . |
| 4 | Even the haze beneath the cloud lies above the high altitude of about 31 km beneath which the Cytherean atmosphere is clear most of the time . |
| 5 | One source of hostility towards civilization , felt by probably everyone at some points in their lives , and by some most of the time , arises from the restrictions which moral codes place on sexual activities , confining it , in West European cultures , to heterosexual relations with one partner over the whole of a lifetime . |
| 6 | It was often buried away among Regency reproduction furniture in shops which were empty most of the time . |
| 7 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 8 | ( The context here makes the other possible reading , that the speaker is characteristically nervous all of the time , so unlikely as not to be considered apparently by the addressee , or indeed by the analyst until the process of analysis was brought to conscious attention . ) |
| 9 | ‘ He 's pretty straightforward most of the time , but he will nip darned hard when you 're tacking up and mean it ! |
| 10 | You know when I talk to friends they tell me that despite all my big race wins I have still been virtually ignored by the public who seem unaware most of the time that I am around . |
| 11 | He was hardly conscious most of the time , and I did n't want to put any more strain on him . |
| 12 | With the second , the pregnancy was miserable and I felt ill most of the time . |
| 13 | Conflict theorists emphasise that most areas of our lives involve us in institutionalised power relationships , and most of us are subordinate most of the time . |
| 14 | I realize I 'm sort of giving a very , very negative impression , and I do n't want to give the suggestion either that being unemployed has to be always bad , that all unemployed people are having a totally horrible time all of the time and are feeling very depressed all of the time — that 's not the case — but I 'm afraid that is more like the average erm situation , the typical situation , than otherwise . |
| 15 | Although all things are not possible all of the time students possess a considerable measure of initiative in programme design . |
| 16 | Was this guideline followed : 1 Hardly any of the time ? 2 Some of the time ? 3 Most of the time ? 4 All of the time ? |
| 17 | The tide of her secret lapped around her ; soon she would be too tired all of the time . |
| 18 | Except I 'm awful awful tired all of the time . |
| 19 | The weather was so vile most of the time , and John so busy that we had quite a contented and simple domestic time , John whizzing away at the computer and me in the ( cane ) rocking chair with my feet up on another reading away . |
| 20 | If the problem becomes acute — that is , you feel inadequate most of the time — then it is best to seek professional advice . |
| 21 | In fact if you think about it evolution might promote your reproductive success by making you vaguely unhappy most of the time , cos that might make you strive for more success . |
| 22 | As I can remember very little about the rest of the day I presume that I must have been unconscious most of the time . |
| 23 | There are difficulties in these techniques and it has proved more effective most of the time to use techniques which involve perception rather than direct interference with brain processes . |
| 24 | He looked morose and angry much of the time , ready for-trouble and most people avoided him . |
| 25 | If Susanna Jennens was alone much of the time , there is no reason to doubt that she gave attention to her kitchen maid and that she encouraged her to read and to write poetry . |
| 26 | It might be impossible to keep all of the boys happy all of the time , but the majority of them should be " cheerful and quick to smile " , as well as alert . |
| 27 | All this space , being alone most of the time . ’ |
| 28 | I thought really done all have n't done all that much , cos I was alone most of the time |
| 29 | The days are relentlessly hot and long , and the temporeros are hungry most of the time . |
| 30 | I am happy most of the time |