Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opinion polls now show that employers are blamed for Britain 's economic problems and union are more popular than at any time in their history . |
| 2 | Dr Hunt has pointed out that the geography of farm wages changed far more between 1750 and 1790 than at any time in the period 1790 to 1914 . |
| 3 | His obligatory attendance of the 40th birthday party of East Germany has helped to leave that self-advertised ‘ pillar of European stability ’ and ‘ trustiest of friends of the Soviet Union ’ looking more unstable than at any time since the Red Army moved in to suppress the uprising of 17 June 1953 . |
| 4 | It was not clear whether by this time children were possible for the couple ; it was not apparent that the author knew much about that kind of thing . |
| 5 | BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 6 | BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 7 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 8 | Ian Rock , the chief executive , said yesterday : ‘ The group 's position is more stable than for some time , but it still requires a substantial improvement in the economy and a solution to the group 's gearing before it can achieve satisfactory returns on shareholders ’ funds . ’ |
| 9 | Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash . |
| 10 | In 1894 , the year of the reconstituted Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , monthly rates for ABs on steam vessels were lower than at any time since 1888 . |
| 11 | As Mead pointed out , the numbers ( estimated at 13,000 ) are lower than at any time since the institute started counting more than 20 years ago , and well below the peak of 15,400 in 1989 . |
| 12 | The number of days lost through strikes is lower than at any time since 1979 , and people ought to know that Labour policies would sweep all that away and bring back the sort of industrial anarchy that existed in 1978-79 . |
| 13 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 14 | For five species ( Song Thrush , Lesser Whitethroat , Willow Warbler , Blue Tit and Reed Bunting ) , numbers were lower than at any time since the surveys started in 1981 . |
| 15 | Although the Labour vote was still six million , its numbers were lower than at any time since 1910 . |
| 16 | Communist influence within the Labour Party was probably less between 1929 and 1934 than at any time before or since . |
| 17 | During this drought the amplitude of this effect has been bigger than at any time since reliable pressure records for the region were first taken 50 years ago . |
| 18 | … because the economic situation is now more serious than at any time over the last 25 years , the Government decided that resources must be released for investment and improving the balance of payments … |
| 19 | 5.1 If at any time before completion of the Lease the Tenant ( being an individual ) dies or has a receiving order made against him or is adjudicated bankrupt or ( being a company ) has a petition presented for its winding up or goes into liquidation or ( in either case ) enters into a composition with his or its creditors then the provisions of clause 5.4 shall have effect immediately |
| 20 | In pre-1914 Europe , therefore , almost as much as at any time in the past , the making and , to a lesser extent , the conduct of foreign policy by the great states remained in the hands of a small , sometimes very small , number of individuals who were effectively uncontrolled by the peoples for whom they acted . |
| 21 | 8.4 If at any time is at default in performance or observance of any of its obligations under this Agreement , shall be entitled for so long as the default continues , but without prejudice to any other rights under this Agreement , to withhold delivery of the Licensed Software from notwithstanding that orders for the Licensed Software have been accepted by . |
| 22 | The company is now looking at a future that is brighter than for any time in the past 20 years . |
| 23 | 8.5 If at any time fails to deliver the Licensed Software to in such a way that is unable to fulfil any order , the value of such lost orders may be counted towards any minimum order requirement which may have been agreed . |
| 24 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 25 | Given this cast of mind , it was not surprising that during Mrs Thatcher 's occupancy the Great and Good found the doors of 10 Downing Street more closed than at any time since the war . |
| 26 | Especially when indie labels are currently faring better than at any time during their history . |
| 27 | ONE reason Boris Yeltsin did so well in the referendum on April 25th is that the Russian economy is looking better than at any time since reform began . |
| 28 | With a majority of only one of the elected seats in the legislature , the government was more vulnerable than at any time in the past . |
| 29 | But when they began to steal away from their tasks to sit beside her and smoke their pipes , Grainne felt more honoured than at any time since she had occupied Ireland 's Throne . |
| 30 | The journey home seemed to take longer than usual because by that time I was dying to see what presents I 'd receive . |