Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [conj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weak anthropic principle states that in a universe that is large or infinite in space and/or time , the conditions necessary for the development of intelligent life will be met only in certain regions that are limited in space and time . |
| 2 | The realistic novelist 's world is a roomy one , large in space and time . |
| 3 | Neither of these possibilities was compatible with the prediction of the steady state theory that the density of radio sources should be constant in space and time . |
| 4 | Assessment is costly in manpower and time , and much government work is difficult to measure : consultancy , inspection , and review activities , for example , pose special problems , while as Beeton ( 1987 , p. 78 ) observes , ‘ by 1986 no department had begun to measure performance of its policy makers , finding the quality and effectiveness of advice too difficult to quantify ’ . |
| 5 | Archbishop William Temple when headmaster of Repton had a complete mental recall of Bradshaw and would set as an imposition for an errant boy the best way of travelling from Great Yarmouth to Exeter or Penrith to Ipswich without touching London , complete with changes and times . |
| 6 | Most localities with nationalized factories felt the impact of hardening government policies in the 1980s , but effects were selective in space and time as different public corporations received political attention at different dates . |
| 7 | Many lived in squalor and poverty , went short of food when times were hard and were kept from starvation only by the meagre income they gained from non-farming pursuits , whether sidework or the labour of family members working further afield on a temporary or permanent basis . |
| 8 | Still , some feminists believe that the article , just by raising the question , could be as devastating to feminists as Time 's infamous 1969 ‘ Is God Dead ? ’ cover story was to the clergy . |
| 9 | In a field that is patchy in space and time , be it ever so small , we may expect that the populations of a species such as white clover will , at any time , reflect selective forces from its past . |