Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 The problem for the Scots this time , whatever their varying political and religious persuasions , was that there was no-one to whom they could turn as a counter-weight .
2 No ruler in Europe was so aware of the changes that time had brought about and no ruler was more determined to recognize and use the effects of these changes .
3 Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed !
4 True enough , he lived in a caravan and travelled from town to town with the others in his travelling group but it was n't a garishly painted van like the ones old time gypsies occupied , just a normal common-or-garden caravan , the type people stay in on holiday , but that did n't make him a gypsy .
5 Though he has yet to finish on a winning side — Great Britain lost both tests and were defeated 8-O at Leigh — & name is confident the side will come up with the goods this time .
6 I saw from the papers some time back that you were acting again ; I 've followed every turn of your fortunes , I can tell yer .
7 Oxford East was taken from the Tories last time round , but remains a marginal .
8 ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them .
9 ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them .
10 It 's in the minutes last time .
11 " Do it in the provinces this time , " they urge .
12 It can sometimes be argued that the child 's interests will be served by allowing a parent or another party to the proceedings further time to prepare for a hearing but this will depend very much on the circumstances of the case .
13 ‘ Come down to the stables some time .
14 And of course that was why Hardy had taken against him , why he had left him on the sidelines any time he picked a team for some action , why he had now given him a job that he knew anyone else in the unit would have balked at .
15 The row over Digital Equipment Corp 's decision to end manufacturing in Galway and try to find a new tenant to take over the manufacturing plant — which DEC owns , will not die down , and now the European Commission is to investigate Irish allegations that the UK government lured DEC into keeping its Ayr plant open at the expense of Galway : Commerce & Technology Minister Seamus Brennan , in Brussels for a meeting of European Community industry ministers , said Dublin had asked Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert to probe media reports that DEC had been offered inducements to keep the Ayr plant open — but no-one seems to have said just what these alleged inducements are ; the UK government on Friday denied the allegations , saying any assistance it might or might not have given would have been fully in accordance with Community rules , and invited Community auditors to ‘ come and look at the books any time ’ .
16 There will also be a call for a change in the rules to make sure this sort of secret payment is covered by the rules next time .
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