Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some detectors may run as normal for some time on cheap batteries , in other cases battery life will be ridiculously short leading the operator to conclude that a detector malfunction has occurred . |
| 2 | She grimaced as her voice , unused for some time by the sound of it , came out in hoarse , rusty spurts . |
| 3 | Right now , the Howards are just grateful for some time to themselves . |
| 4 | As usual for this time in the evening , it 's very very hectic indeed there . |
| 5 | As I am sure that my hon. Friend is aware , the reason for that is that the demand for gas oil , which is equivalent to diesel , is high at this time of the year because it is used for heating . |
| 6 | I accept that , at present , they are high — only slightly below unleaded petrol prices — but , as the hon. Gentleman knows , that is because the demand for gas oil , which is equivalent to diesel , is high at this time of year as it is used for heating and high demand tends to push up prices . |
| 7 | He says that the coal is for domestic use , and is being used to suppliment british supplies because demand is high at this time of year . |
| 8 | March is often a windy month and because the winds are unsteady at this time of year there is always a chance of very changeable weather from day to day . |
| 9 | After dinner , it being light at that time until midnight , we took our friend into the hotel garden and , for possible use in the film , recorded him shouting German wheel and engine-room orders such as would have been used by Prien during the mission . |
| 10 | The wicker industry began with the manufacture of copies of cane furniture — popular at that time in Germany and Britain — for the British families , and then for the hotels in Funchal . |
| 11 | Sunglasses would be popular at this time of year too . ’ |
| 12 | This right is exercisable at any time before 1st March 1992 at a price of 50p per share . |
| 13 | An option has been granted and is still outstanding to a director in respect of 5,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in A. Layout Plc exercisable at any time before 1st March 1992 , at a price of 50p per share . |
| 14 | She had been expecting the pool to be almost empty at that time of day and was surprised to see that there were about a dozen or so people in the water . |
| 15 | The park 's empty at this time of day before the kids are let out of school . |
| 16 | Even from the kerb in the gloom the guard 's shrugs and humorously uplifted eyes are visible as he declines to telephone the duty officer , ring a British Committee office empty at this time of night , break the sacred sleep of anyone else on the telephone list . |
| 17 | The top of the hill was empty at this time of day . |
| 18 | It can be pretty horrendous at this time of the evening . ’ |
| 19 | The Germans were more interested at that time in hunting Communists , but later came the Gestapo and then things became much more dangerous . |
| 20 | At a time when over one third of the economically active population aged under 25 have been unemployed at some time in the last 12 months , the prospects of reaching 80 per cent owner-occupation without drastic policy changes seem dim ( Social Trends 15 , Table 4.26 ) . |
| 21 | Said well I think it 's quite warm for this time of year December like . |
| 22 | It is highly evocative of that time in everyone 's life when a mortgage meant nothing , music was all and your friends could be as mental as barking hens . |
| 23 | They can minimize uncertainty about the future by converting savings ( possibly from current income ) into a stream of income payable at some time in the future . |
| 24 | Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning . |
| 25 | Mr Sutherland said the waters were dangerous at this time of year and contained almost no haddock . |
| 26 | The stock will pay an annual cumulative dividend of $3.50 per share and will be convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of StorageTek common at 2.128 common shares for each preferred share , a conversion price of $23.50 per share . |
| 27 | The Routeburn is a popular track and was very crowded at this time of year . |
| 28 | Furthermore , it is so cold during this time of the year that , without heating , patients do not want to be admitted . |
| 29 | The result was that the union became subordinated for some time to the hierarchy and a breakaway union of protestant teachers was formed . |
| 30 | Owen had been conscious for some time of growing movement in the courtyard below . |