Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve weeks over the time that is allotted in the programme and to do that we 're gon na have to produce the twice the rate that we 're doing now . |
| 2 | State-controlled telecommunications equipment supplier Italtel SpA will shed 1,000 jobs this year , as part of its four-year restructuring plan and expects to save $22m in labour costs this year as a result ; Italtel is also planning to lay off a total of 16,500 people temporarily for five weeks at a time this year . |
| 3 | But so physically restricted was the Calais area , and so often was it under French pressure , that for long years at a time all the needs of the garrison , whether in provisions or materials , had to be shipped in from England . |
| 4 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 5 | Her sight was failing because of cataracts at the time these were written . |
| 6 | The Welsh wanted none but valuable prisoners , and had no interest in killing the others , since they would surely leave this place more nimbly and rapidly than the English survivors , and be as inaccessible as the stars by the time another force looked for them . |
| 7 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 8 | The men at the time all stood round one side while all the girls stood opposite . |
| 9 | However comprehensive the pre-planning of such a situation , it could be anticipated that preliminary reconnaissance , the dispositioning of appliances , the gaining of access by the very limited facilities which such premises can offer and the initiation of a co-ordinated attack of conventional equipment would take even longer and that a fire may have developed to unmanageable proportions by the time such an attack could be mounted . |
| 10 | Those for levels 1 to 3 are the same as those specified by Order for key stage 1 , which will have been published in statutory Documents by the time this report is made public . |
| 11 | In the meanwhile , do you think you could persuade a few more salmon to get into the rivers around your neck of the woods by the time next season opens ? |
| 12 | It is also because it is a well-written , intensely moving story which shows that MPs can and do achieve things , that true love can and does exist , and which restores one 's faith in politicians at a time such restoration is badly needed . |
| 13 | Those convening conferences should facilitate the attendance of parents and children by : ( i ) arranging conferences at a time convenient to parents and children as well as the professionals involved ; ( ii ) ensuring that the family are prepared for the conference by the professional worker best known to them ; ( iii ) arranging for them to meet the chair in advance ; ( iv ) ensuring that the family are briefed in advance on the issues to be raised so that they can seek advice and prepare what they have to say ; ( v ) limiting numbers to those who really need to attend ( para 6.23 ) . |