Example sentences of "[adj] in the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year he soloed the Eiger nordwand direct in the amazing time of 26 hours — the first ascent took three months ! |
| 2 | Consistency is explicit in the same time scale of two weeks . |
| 3 | This alternative was also deemed impossible in the limited time available . |
| 4 | I have recovered marked N. lapillus within 30 cm of the release site after a year whilst Palmer ( 1984 ) found very few N. emarginata to move more than 10 m in the same time . |
| 5 | Trust takes time to develop and is not always possible in the short time available for pre-operative preparation . |
| 6 | I had hope to find a single sponsor , but this has not proved possible in the short time we 've had . |
| 7 | I had hoped to find a single sponsor , but this has not proved possible in the short time available . |
| 8 | This gives those in the middle time to take guard and adopt the arrest position before they , too , might be pulled . |
| 9 | Instead of the doctors and nurses we so urgently need , we have an army of bureaucrats which has expanded from 700 to 13,200 in the same time . |
| 10 | ‘ The highest score is awarded to the person who shoots the best in the shortest time . ’ |