Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the record books of course will show it was Cambridge 's year … worthy winners in a time of seventeen minutes … |
| 2 | Sometimes we crunched across crystalline ice , or slid tiny steps at a time over glass ice , so we created shiny black footprints in the dusting of snow . |
| 3 | Fishkeepers are reporting finding up to 100 dead frogs at a time in their ponds . |
| 4 | The real signs of a healthier economy will only be seen when factories stop closing down , employers start taking on staff , and consumers flock to the shops at a time of year other than the annual pre-Christmas splurge . |
| 5 | LIFESPAN will now display details for up to 20 Clients at a time in the scrolled area and a message if more Clients are available for viewing . |
| 6 | It may be hard to move away from traditional gender roles at a time of unemployment . |
| 7 | I 'm a social smoker but I can go for months at a time without even thinking about it . |
| 8 | For me the most dangerous aspect of the job has been not so much the very real dangers in the field as the psychological vertigo of alternating for months at a time between the utter extremes of the planet ; from the film markets of California 's Hollywood Hills , where I rented an A-frame , to the remotest jungles of the East . |
| 9 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 10 | Hamilton was based in the press office but seconded for three months at a time to other departments , including the news room . |
| 11 | It was intended that John would spend six months at a time with each of his parents , but when Grace was due to have him back , Herbert took her into John 's room , which was the larger of the two bedrooms in the flat . |
| 12 | He virtually commuted between London and Sydney , his Australian birthplace , where he would stay for months at a time with his parents , making award-winning films , before returning to London in his safari suit , sun-bleached and fit . |
| 13 | Thereafter , warrants were issued for only two months , though they could be renewed for one month at a time in the case of those issued to the police , and six months at a time in the case of those issued to the security services . |
| 14 | My father made me attend evening lectures for a time on sound , light , and heat — with no effect . ’ |
| 15 | A title for Jim Molyneaux has been speculated upon — it will fall in his lap whenever he wants to retire — but certainly the Government is not likely to offend unionist sensibilities for a time at least . |
| 16 | In political terms the myth preserves some dim historical elements of a time during the Predynastic Period when Egypt was divided into two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt , each with its own ruler . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know why his tail is like that , but the Percy Lion was erected to the lord of the manor by his tenants in gratitude for his leniency with their rents in a time of hardship . |
| 18 | SSDs will inevitably have problems meeting their obligations in a time of ever-tightening budgets . |
| 19 | The man proceeded a few jolting feet at a time through the excruciating heat . |
| 20 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 21 | A final statement declared that the aim of the joint measures was " to increase mutual understanding and confidence among us " and " to provide practical assistance on defence-related matters at a time of profound transformation and transition " . |
| 22 | In the 1960s school leavers started their working lives at a time of full employment and by 1980 many , if not most would have accumulated the assets that a steady income from employment allows . |
| 23 | Faced with such an upward price trend it is hardly surprising that historians have tended to present the war years as a time of deteriorating living standards . |
| 24 | Many trade unionists , acutely sensitive to wage reductions at a time of high unemployment and deflation , held two important views on the matter of pensions . |
| 25 | The walk can be done all in one go or in sections — for many it might be easier to tackle two days at a time at the weekends . |
| 26 | At first I could not devote so much time to the orchestra but by the early 1960s I was coming to a position where I was able to be with the orchestra a very great deal , working for eight or ten days at a time on concerts , records , and films . |
| 27 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |
| 28 | If you 're gon na wait three days at a time for the local copper to turn up , |
| 29 | Like PEPS everywhere , this was slow to catch on , especially as dealers were forced to sell it for days at a time without getting paid commission for it , so most did n't bother . |
| 30 | ‘ True , ’ said Julia , ‘ but in Palestine the British army does not burn villages , hang hostages and leave their bodies in village squares for days at a time as a warning , whatever horror they feel at things like the bombing of the King David Hotel and the murders of those sergeants . |