Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period .
2 In some of these clocks different pieces of incense gave off different aromas , thereby enabling those with sensitive noses to tell the approximate time .
3 Companies told the Financial Times that ‘ much of the opposition to their plans is ill-informed and orchestrated by outsiders .
4 All radiofacsimile stations transmitting meteorological information are covered with complete schedules giving the exact time of transmission and the contents of the various charts .
5 Other day-to-day situations that may not be attributed to visual difficulties include the extended time the children may need to complete tasks , their need to come close to the blackboard or to demonstrations , and their apparent clumsiness in certain practical activities and sports such as ball games .
6 Health chiefs say the waiting time is down to 10 weeks .
7 Dutch growers are experimenting with the use of lightweight acrylic fleece mulches to advance the flowering times of cut flowers .
8 Rodent rockers hit the big time
9 Pearson , the media group whose interests span The Financial Times to Madame Tussauds , was heavily in demand as half-year profits were considerably higher than the City had been expecting .
10 Wordsworth composed aloud while walking , ‘ his jaws working the whoal time ’ , to quote a peasant 's recollections .
11 Our interpretation of the data rests on the premise that the U-Pb isotope systems in these zircons record the actual time of their formation .
12 The towns accepted the new time , but not the country areas .
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