Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers often report that they completely switch off at the beginning of the holidays , or sleep for abnormally long periods of time for several days . |
| 2 | One engineering firm had so many applications for time off that it warned absentees they would be suspended for three weeks . |
| 3 | Birds can also detect much smaller intervals of time than us . |
| 4 | However just a government may be , it is liable to pass undesirable and morally objectionable laws from time to time . |
| 5 | Thirdly , rule-specification is a means of ‘ job enlargement ’ , a process of elaborating housework tasks so they take up endlessly increasing amounts of time . |
| 6 | in order to get a better estimate of how accurately the clock works we need to be able to study it for much longer periods of time . |
| 7 | In prolonged breeding , on the other hand , mating takes place over much longer periods of time , or indeed throughout the year . |
| 8 | A template had been forged which was subject to only minor modifications over time . |
| 9 | Colin Allister set up both goals , the first in 14 minutes converted by McGladdery , and the second just 30 seconds from time by schoolboy Lee Tumilty . |
| 10 | Everton 's £1 million recruit from across Stanley Park snatched a famous victory just six minutes from time , when he drilled in a low shot from the edge of the penalty area . |
| 11 | To avoid excessive changes in the sample cross section , elongations are limited to a few per cent and are followed over approximately three decades of time . |
| 12 | If you have approximately ten minutes of work left to reach a good stopping point and , if you have approximately ten minutes of time available ( e.g. before schoolchildren arrive home ) THEN either a few , some or all stitches will immediately fall off the machine and ruin all your plans to finish on time . |
| 13 | Fossils from more recent strata showed progressively less similarities with time in the different continents ; this he attributed to the contrasting evolutionary paths of groups of animals and plants separated by continental drift . |
| 14 | Gascoigne 's header just four minutes from time — his first league goal since he joined Lazio this season — was a rare moment of inspiration in an otherwise dull display , they said . |
| 15 | By doing this he will become able to maintain control for gradually increasing amounts of time . |
| 16 | Not only do some building societies produce greatly more advantageous accounts from time to time and neglect to alert their existing deposit holders , but they actively conceal the new arrangements . |
| 17 | There were also important changes over time . |
| 18 | But surely the proposition that the unemployment rate could be held below its natural value for fairly long periods of time runs counter to the neoclassical model of labour market behaviour ? |
| 19 | Deano had a good chance about 5 minutes from time , but headed straight at the keeper . |
| 20 | In fact , the dining room should bc a particularly interesting room to decorate , because , like the bathroom , it is generally used for comparatively short periods of time , and then mostly at night . |
| 21 | By the age of 9 , children should be able to cope with the concept of about 1,000 years in time . |
| 22 | Crichton had been Rovers ’ hero , but he suddenly turned villain when he pulled down Hignett as he streaked clear five minutes from time . |
| 23 | Metals such as zinc , copper , cadmium and lead are believed to stay in the soil for " almost geological lengths of time " . |
| 24 | However , there are at least three arrows of time that do distinguish the past from the future . |
| 25 | It is interesting to note however that Nepalese men and women spend almost equal amounts of time involved in their own activities and with their family . |
| 26 | The majority had therefore experienced secure employment for relatively long periods of time . |
| 27 | In other words , the practice of placing infants to sleep on their own , for relatively long periods of time , which is widespread in Western industrialised societies , is not only historically and culturally unique but also evolutionarily recent . |
| 28 | Programs typically reference the same limited areas of storage for relatively long periods of time . |
| 29 | Aerobic exercise is characterized by the body using large muscle groups in rhythmical continuous activity for relatively long periods of time . |
| 30 | Mood in such circumstances , however , generally refers to a state such as depression typically continuing for relatively long periods of time , often hours or days . |