Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries .
2 The business of the audition is squeezed into all this in less time than it takes to shake a leg .
3 We are interested in all time and money-saving designs from farmers , workers and contractors and will award a first prize of £1,000 , two second prizes of £500 and all three third prizes of £250 for the best of the crop .
4 Although hypothermia can happen accidentally , it is essentially an insidious condition that can happen over several hours , the victim becoming sleepier and sleepier in this time and not realising that he or she is freezing to death .
5 My experience at the Fiesta Club had led me to the conclusion that , on average , a ‘ star ’ lasts about three years before fading to a nonentity and I intended to earn as much as possible in that time and retire — unhurt — with enough capital for a business .
6 This in turn led to the idea that the universe could be finite in imaginary time but without boundaries or singularities .
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