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 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was often buried away among Regency reproduction furniture in shops which were empty most of the time . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ( 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 . ) |
| 6 | ‘ He 's pretty straightforward most of the time , but he will nip darned hard when you 're tacking up and mean it ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was hardly conscious most of the time , and I did n't want to put any more strain on him . |
| 9 | With the second , the pregnancy was miserable and I felt ill most of the time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Although all things are not possible all of the time students possess a considerable measure of initiative in programme design . |
| 13 | The tide of her secret lapped around her ; soon she would be too tired all of the time . |
| 14 | Except I 'm awful awful tired all of the time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If the problem becomes acute — that is , you feel inadequate most of the time — then it is best to seek professional advice . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As I can remember very little about the rest of the day I presume that I must have been unconscious most of the time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He looked morose and angry much of the time , ready for-trouble and most people avoided him . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | All this space , being alone most of the time . ’ |
| 24 | I thought really done all have n't done all that much , cos I was alone most of the time |
| 25 | The days are relentlessly hot and long , and the temporeros are hungry most of the time . |
| 26 | I am happy most of the time |
| 27 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 28 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 29 | Now we cross to the other side of the no go area but turning is called tacking , and so to make ground for wind width we have to go in a series of zig-zags , each time turning for about ninety degrees and see that the sail is kept full most of the time only flapping momentarily as the boat turns directly through the eye of the wind . |
| 30 | He 's fairly mellow most of the time . |